title: How the sperm triggers development of the egg: what have we learned and what can we expect in the next millennium?
authors.affiliation: Hopkins Marine Station, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Epel
mesh_terms: D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D036563:Cyclic ADP-Ribose; D006152:Cyclic GMP / Q000502:physiology; D004626:Embryology / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D008845:Microinjections; D009243:NAD / Q000502:physiology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D012617:Sea Urchins / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions / Q000502:physiology*; D010738:Type C Phospholipases / Q000502:physiology; D015053:Zygote / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009243:NAD; D036563:Cyclic ADP-Ribose; D000246:Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D015544:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate; D010738:Type C Phospholipases; D043265:Phosphatidylinositol Diacylglycerol-Lyase; D006152:Cyclic GMP