Is the idea of a fast block to polyspermy based on artifact?

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 450, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1159-1165

  Dale, Brian ^a  

^a Centre for Assisted Fertilization   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actin rich sites; Artifact; Electrical block hypothesis; Polyspermy; Sea urchin eggs; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RICH SITES; ARTIFACT; ELECTRICAL BLOCK HYPOTHESIS; POLYSPERMY; SEA URCHIN EGGS; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; KINETICS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SEA URCHINS; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84905900781     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.03.157     Document Type: Article

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