Source and sinks for the calcium released during fertilization of single sea urchin eggs

The source and sinks for the intracellular calcium released during fertilization were examined in single eggs from the sea urchin, Arbacia punctulata. Single eggs were microinjected with the calcium photoprotein, aequorin. The calcium-aequorin luminescence was measured with a microscope-photomultipl...

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Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1985
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2113887/