Simulation of calcium waves in ascidian eggs: Insights into the origin of the pacemaker sites and the possible nature of the sperm factor

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 4313-4323

  Dupont, Geneviève ^a   Dumollard, Rémi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Calcium waves; Fertilization; Sperm factor

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 4,5 BISPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BIOACCUMULATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EXPERIMENTATION; FERTILIZATION; MICROINJECTION; OOCYTE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPERMATOZOON; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; SPERMATOZOA; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA;

EID: 4944235169     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01278     Document Type: Article

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