Ca2+, fertilization and egg activation [electronic resource] / Karl Swann.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBiomedical & life sciences collection. Calcium signaling I: Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2020Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (50 min.) : color, sound)Other title: Calcium, fertilization and egg activationSubject(s): 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 InteractionsOnline resources: Click here to access online | Series Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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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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Mode of access: World Wide Web.