Mechanisms of Egg Activation

Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
Fertilization in Voltage-Clamped Sea Urchin Eggs....Pages 1-18
Sperm Entry in Sea Urchin Eggs: Recent Inferences Concerning its Mechanism....Pages 19-42
Correlations between Time-Dependent and Cytochalasin B Affected Sperm Entry in Voltage-Clamped Sea Urchin Eggs....Pages 43-60
Electrical Responses to Fertilization and Spontaneous Activation in Decapod Crustacean Eggs: Characteristics and Role....Pages 61-88
Ion Channels in Rana Pipiens Oocytes: Changes During Maturation and Fertilization....Pages 89-132
Electrical Capacitance and Membrane Area....Pages 133-149
Receptors, G-Proteins, and Egg Activation....Pages 151-155
What Happens During the Latent Period at Fertilization....Pages 157-171
Protein Kinase C and Regulation of the Na + −H + Antiporter Activity During Fertilization of the Sea Urchin Egg....Pages 173-199
How do Sperm Activate Eggs in Urechis (as Well as in Polychaetes and Molluscs)?....Pages 201-214
The Role of the Phosphatidylinositol Cycle in the Activation of the Frog Egg....Pages 215-230
Signal Transduction of Sperm-Egg Interaction Causing Periodic Calcium Transients in Hamster Eggs....Pages 231-246
Egg-Induced Modifications of the Murine Zona Pellucida....Pages 247-270
An Ode to Edward Chambers: Linkages of Transport, Calcium and pH to Sea Urchin Egg Arousal at Fertilization....Pages 271-284
Back Matter....Pages 285-290