Three stages (and a dividend) on my personal road to Ca2+ activation at fertilization

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 226-228

  Steinhardt, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation; Aequorin; Calcium ion; Development; Fertilization

Indexed keywords

AEQUORIN; CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; DNA; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL PH; CELL REGENERATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PROTEIN INDUCTION;

EID: 33745901602     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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