Starfish and horseshoe crab egg factors cause elevations of cyclic nucleotide concentrations in spermatozoa from starfish and horseshoe crabs
- 1 July 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Bioscientifica in Reproduction
- Vol. 56 (2) , 539-542
- https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0560539
Abstract
Factors collected from the eggs of the starfish (Pisaster giganteus) and the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus ) caused significant increases in the sperm cyclic nucleotide concentrations of the respective species. Sea urchin egg factors, at concentrations that resulted in maximal cyclic nucleotide elevations in sea urchin spermatozoa, had no effect on those of starfish or horseshoe crab, suggesting a species specificity with respect to egg factor-induced changes in sperm cyclic nucleotide metabolism.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The Elevation of Sperm Adenosine 3′,5′-Monophosphate Concentrations by Factors Released From Eggs Requires Calcium1Biology of Reproduction, 1978