Journal article
Potential role of a sperm-derived phospholipase C in triggering the egg-activating Ca2+ signal at fertilization.
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An increase in intracellular Ca2+ at fertilization is the trigger for egg activation in all species that have been studied. Exactly how sperm-egg interaction leads to this Ca2+ increase has not been established. There is increasing support for the hypothesis that the spermatozoon introduces a Ca2+-releasing protein into the egg cytoplasm after gamete membrane fusion. This review discusses the merits of this 'sperm factor' hypothesis and presents evidence indicating that the sperm factor, at l...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- Reproduction (Cambridge, England)
- Volume:
- 122
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 839-846
- Publication date:
- 2001-12-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1741-7899
- ISSN:
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1470-1626
- Source identifiers:
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185173
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:185173
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- pubs:185173
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- 2001
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