A single and rapid calcium wave at egg activation in Drosophila

Biology Open

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 553-560

  York Andersen, Anna H ^a   Parton, Richard M ^b   Bi, Catherine J ^a   Bromley, Claire L ^b,c   Davis, Ilan ^b   Weil, Timothy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium imaging; Calcium transient; Drosophila; Egg activation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVIDUCT; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 84981287208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.201411296     Document Type: Article

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