Egg activation at fertilization: Where it all begins

Developmental Biology

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 237-254

  Runft, Linda L ^a   Jaffe, Laurinda A ^a   Mehlmann, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Egg activation; Fertilization

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; CALCIUM; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN KINASE P60;

AMPHIBIA; ASCIDIACEA; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CYTOSOL; ECHINODERM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ASCIDIA; ECHINODERMATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037092883     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0600     Document Type: Review

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