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The Molecular and Cellular Biology of Fertilization

Part of the book series: Advances in Behavioral Biology (ABBI, volume 13)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Prologue

    • Jerry L. Hedrick
    Pages 1-2
  3. Nature of the Mouse Egg’s Receptor for Sperm

    • Paul M. Wassarman, Jeffrey D. Bleil, Harvey M. Florman, Jeffrey M. Greve, Richard J. Roller, George S. Salzmann
    Pages 55-77
  4. Immunological Identification of Sperm Antigens That Participate in Fertilization

    • P. M. Saling, R. Waibel, K. A. Lakoski
    Pages 95-111
  5. The Action of Acrosin on the Zona Pellucida

    • Umbert A. Urch
    Pages 113-132
  6. The Cortical Endoplasmic Reticulum and Its Possible Role In Activation of Discoglossus Pictis (Anura) Eggs

    • Chiara Campanella, Riccardo Talevi, Umberto Atripaldi, Lucia Quaglia
    Pages 185-203
  7. Urodele Egg Jelly and Fertilization

    • Patrick Jego, Hubert Lerivray, Amand Chesnel, Michael Charbonneau
    Pages 205-233
  8. Structure, Assembly and Function of the Surface Envelope (Fertilization Envelope) From Eggs of the Sea Urchin, Strongylocentrotus Purpuratus

    • Edward J. Carroll Jr., Mildred Acevedo-Duncan, Robin Wilby Justice, Lyric Santiago
    Pages 261-291
  9. Characterization of the Strongylocentrotus Purpuratus Egg Cell Surface Receptor for Sperm

    • Norka Ruiz-Bravo, Daniel P. Rossignol, Glenn L. Decker, Lawrence I. Rosenberg, William J. Lennarz
    Pages 293-313
  10. Peptides Associated with Eggs: Mechanisms of Interaction with Spermatozoa

    • David L. Garbers, J. Kelley Bentley, Lawrence J. Dangott, Chodavarapu S. Ramarao, Hiromi Shimomura, Norio Suzuki et al.
    Pages 315-357
  11. Dephosphorylation of Sea Urchin Sperm Guanylate Cyclase During Fertilization

    • Gary E. Ward, Gary W. Moy, Victor D. Vacquier
    Pages 359-382

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of California, Davis, Davis, USA

    Jerry L. Hedrick

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Molecular and Cellular Biology of Fertilization

  • Editors: Jerry L. Hedrick

  • Series Title: Advances in Behavioral Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2255-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9320-0Published: 15 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-2255-9Published: 07 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0099-6246

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 454

  • Number of Illustrations: 97 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics

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