title: Calcium signaling at fertilization.
abstract: Calcium is well established as a second messenger in a diverse array of cell activities. Changes in intracellular Ca2+ activities range from localized releases to complex oscillations, which may encode specific cellular signals. The full variety of calcium responses is observed during the fertilization of different animal oocytes and eggs. Current research has focused on the cellular mechanisms that generate these Ca(2+)-activity changes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology and Genetics, Iowa State University, Ames 50011.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005306:Fertilization / Q000502:physiology*; D010063:Ovum / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium