Cytochalasin B blocks sperm incorporation but allows activation of the sea urchin egg

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1925 • 1,750 citations

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1977 • 767 citations

The Cell in Development and Heredity

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Fast block to polyspermy in sea urchin eggs is electrically mediated

1976 • 456 citations

The visualization of actin filament polarity in thin sections. Evidence for the uniform polarity of membrane-associated filaments.

1978 • 329 citations

Fertilization: A Comparative Ultrastructural Review

1973 • 194 citations

Biogenesis and turnover of membrane macromolecules

1976 • 136 citations

Distribution and mode of arrangement of microfilamentous structures and actin in the cortex of the amphibian oocyte.

1976 • 134 citations

Methods for quantitating sea urchin sperm-egg binding

1973 • 133 citations

Activation of an Na+-dependent amino acid transport system upon fertilization of sea urchin eggs

1972 • 125 citations

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1965 • 113 citations

Effects of cytochalasin B on sperm-egg interactions

1978 • 94 citations

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1976 • 85 citations

The penetration of the spermatozoon through the sea urchin egg surface at fertilization *1Observations from the outside on whole eggs and from the inside on isolated surfaces

1976 • 76 citations

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1977 • 73 citations

RELATION BETWEEN THE ACROSOME REACTION AND FERTILIZATION IN THE SEA URCHIN. I. FERTILIZATION IN Ca-FREE SEA WATER WITH EGG-WATER-TREATED SPERMATOZOA. *

1973 • 71 citations

Polymerization of actin. VI. The polarity of the actin filaments in the acrosomal process and how it might be determined.

1979 • 64 citations

Phospholipase activity of sea urchin sperm: Its possible involvement in membrane fusion

1976 • 59 citations

Cytochalasin B inhibits sperm penetration into eggs of Urechis caupo (Echiura)

1977 • 50 citations

Does ADP regulate respiration following fertilization of sea urchin eggs?

1969 • 46 citations

Fertilization-associated light-scattering changes in eggs of the sea urchin

1971 • 46 citations

On the molecular basis of action of cytochalasin B

1974 • 43 citations

FLAGELLAR MOTILITY IS NOT INVOLVED IN THE INCORPORATION OF THE SPERM INTO THE EGG AT FERTILIZATION*

1977 • 40 citations

Cortical fibers in fertilized eggs of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

1968 • 39 citations

Absence of fast block to polyspermy in eggs of sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

1975 • 39 citations

The surface events at fertilization: The movements of the spermatozoon through the sea urchin egg surface and the roles of the surface layers

1976 • 38 citations

Polyspermy Block of Spisula Eggs Is Prevented by Cytochalasin B

1975 • 37 citations

A novel procedure for obtaining denuded sea urchin eggs and observations on the role of the vitelline layer in sperm reception and egg activation

1977 • 32 citations

Polymerization of sperm actin in the presence of cytochalasin‐B

1975 • 31 citations