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Alterations of PLCbeta1 in mouse eggs change calcium oscillatory behavior following fertilization.
Developmental biology - 1 Dec 2007
Igarashi Hideki, Knott Jason G, Schultz Richard M, Williams Carmen J
Abstract excerpt
Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate generated by the action of a phospholipase C (PLC) mediates release of intracellular Ca2+ that is essential for sperm-induced activation of mammalian eggs. Much attention currently focuses on the role of sperm-derived PLCzeta in generating changes in egg intracellular Ca2+ despite the fact that PLCzeta constitutes a very small fraction of the total amount of PLC in a fertilized egg....
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