Ionic mechanism of the fertilization potential of the marine worm, Urechis caupo (Echiura)

Microelectrode and tracer flux studies of the Urechis egg during fertilization have shown: (a) insemination causes a fertilization potential; the membrane potential rises from an initial level of -33 +/- 6 mV to a peak at +51 +/- 6 mV (n = 16), falls to a plateau of about +30 mV, then returns to the...

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Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1979
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2215169/