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Fertilistion in sea urchins: how many different molecules are involved in gamete interaction and fusion?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2008

William J. Lennarz
William J. Lennarz*
Affiliation:
Departmnet of Biochemistry and cell Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, New York, USA.
*
W.J. Lennarz, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York at Strony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5215, USA. Tel: (516) 632-8560. Fax: (516) 632-8575.
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Summary

It has been established that fertilisation in the sea urchin involves binding of acrosome-reacted sperm to an egg cell surface receptor. The structure and function of receptor, as well as the possible involvement of other cell surface molecules in the binding, fusion and activation events, is discussed.

Keywords

BindinEgg surface receptorFertilisation – sea urchinSperm – egg binding
Type
Commentary
Information
Zygote , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , February 1994 , pp. 1 - 4
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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