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The TMEM16A channel mediates the fast polyspermy block in Xenopus laevis

In externally fertilizing animals, such as sea urchins and frogs, prolonged depolarization of the egg immediately after fertilization inhibits the entry of additional sperm—a phenomenon known as the fast block to polyspermy. In the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis, this depolarization is driven by...

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Autores principales: Wozniak, Katherine L., Phelps, Wesley A., Tembo, Maiwase, Lee, Miler T., Carlson, Anne E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Rockefeller University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6122928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30012842
http://dx.doi.org/10.1085/jgp.201812071