Flipping the switch: How a sperm activates the egg at fertilization

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2027-2038

  Parrington, John ^a   Davis, Lianne C ^a   Galione, Antony ^a   Wessel, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium, egg; Fertilization; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NICOTINIC ACID ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA;

CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL ACTIVATION; FERTILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHOSPHOINOSITIDE METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; DIHYDROPYRIDINES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MICE; OVUM; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; MUS;

EID: 34548059203     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21255     Document Type: Review

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