Swann, Karl,

Ca2+, fertilization and egg activation [electronic resource] / Calcium, fertilization and egg activation Karl Swann. - London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2020. - 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (50 min.) : color, sound). - Calcium signaling I : regulation, mechanisms, effectors, role in disease and recent advances, 2056-452X . - Henry Stewart talks. Biomedical & life sciences collection. Calcium signaling I. .

Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration. Title from title frames. Updated version of a talk first published in 2012.

Contents: The role of Ca2+ in activating development in eggs of all species -- Sperm egg fusion as the event that precedes the Ca2+ signal -- Evidence for a sperm factor that triggers Ca2+ release -- Discovery of PLCzeta as sperm factor in mammals -- Mechanism of Ca2+ oscillations triggered by PLCzeta.

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3199 Henry Stewart Talks


Calcium in the body.
Calcium--Physiological effect.
Cellular signal transduction.
Fertilization (Biology)
Sperm-ovum interactions.
Calcium Signaling.
Calcium--metabolism.
Fertilization.
Oocytes--physiology.
Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C--physiology.
Spermatozoa--physiology.
Sperm-Ovum Interactions.
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