An oocyte-specific astacin family protease, alveolin, is released from cortical granules to trigger egg envelope hardening during fertilization in medaka (Oryzias latipes)

Developmental Biology

Volumn 372, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-248

  Shibata, Yasushi ^a,b,c   Iwamatsu, Takashi ^d   Suzuki, Norio ^e   Young, Graham ^c,h   Naruse, Kiyoshi ^a   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^a,b,f   Yoshikuni, Michiyasu ^a,g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astacin family metalloprotease; Cortical granule; Egg envelope hardening; Exocytosis; Fertilization; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868303259     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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