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Na is essential for activation of the inseminated sea urchin egg

✍ Scribed by Chambers, Edward L.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1976
Tongue: English
Weight: 261 KB
Volume: 197
Category: Article
ISSN: 0022-104X
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1401970118

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The presence of at least 2.5 mM Na during the first several min after insemination is requied for the activation of sea urchin eggs. Of those chemical species examined that exist entirely as cations, and which did not activate the unfertilized egg, only Li substitutes for Na. Ammonium and other amines, with pK~a~ values between 9 and 10.8, in the complete absence of Na (a) can induce nuclear activation of unfertilized eggs, and (b) permit the development of the early fertilized egg through the stage that normally requires Na.

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