The activity for the induction of the sperm acrosome reaction localises in the outer layers and exists in the high-molecular-weight components of the egg-jelly of the newt, Cynops pyrrhogaster

Zygote

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Sasaki, Takayuki ^a   Kamimura, Saori ^a   Takai, Hiroyuki ^a   Watanabe, Akihiko ^a   Onitake, Kazuo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Egg jelly; Internal fertilisation; Newt; WGA

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CYNOPS; CYNOPS PYRRHOGASTER; GRIFFONIA; MACLURA; MACLURA POMIFERA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HEAT; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SALAMANDER; SPERMATOZOON;

ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLYCOCONJUGATES; HEAT; LECTINS; MALE; OVUM; SALAMANDRIDAE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0036479344     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199402002010     Document Type: Article

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