Actin, microvilli, and the fertilization cone of sea urchin eggs

Sea urchin eggs and oocytes at the germinal vesicle stage were fixed at various times after insemination, and thin sections were examined. Actin filaments can first be found in the cortical cytoplasm 1 min after insemination, and by 2 min enormous numbers of filaments are present. At these early sta...

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Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1980
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2110794/