Effects of calcium-BAPTA buffers and the calmodulin antagonist W-7 on mouse egg activation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 594-604

  Xu, Zhe ^a   LeFevre, Leah ^b   Ducibella, Tom ^b   Schultz, Richard M ^a   Kopf, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN INHIBITOR; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CYCLE; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 18744426560     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0331     Document Type: Article

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