Electrical Regulation of Sperm-EGG Fusion

Mechanisms of Fertilization in Mammals

1981 • 782 citations

Mammalian sperm-egg interaction: Identification of a glycoprotein in mouse egg zonae pellucidae possessing receptor activity for sperm

1980 • 704 citations

Membrane fusion proteins of enveloped animal viruses

1983 • 670 citations

THE POLYMERIZATION OF ACTIN: ITS ROLE IN THE GENERATION OF THE ACROSOMAL PROCESS OF CERTAIN ECHINODERM SPERM

1973 • 326 citations

Voltage clamp analysis of two inward current mechanisms in the egg cell membrane of a starfish.

1975 • 286 citations

Temporal sequence and spatial distribution of early events of fertilization in single sea urchin eggs.

1984 • 177 citations

Membrane potential, action potential and activation potential of eggs of the sea urchin, Lytechinus variegatus

1979 • 161 citations

Binding of scorpion toxin to receptor sites associated with sodium channels in frog muscle. Correlation of voltage-dependent binding with activation.

1979 • 158 citations

Polyspermy-Preventing Mechanisms

1985 • 146 citations

Egg surface glycoprotein receptor for sea urchin sperm bindin.

1978 • 146 citations

An electrical block is required to prevent polyspermy in eggs fertilized by natural mating of Xenopus laevis

1982 • 144 citations

Mosaicism in organisation of concanavalin A receptors on surface membrane of mouse egg

1975 • 135 citations

Voltage-dependent trans-bilayer orientation of melittin.

1982 • 135 citations

Electrically mediated fast polyspermy block in eggs of the marine worm, Urechis caupo.

1979 • 125 citations

Site of sperm entry and a cortical contraction associated with egg activation in the frog Rana pipens

1975 • 122 citations

Membrane Fusion in Relation to Sperm-Egg Association**Part of the work reported here was supported by National Institutes of Health research grants GM-04948 and HD-00007.

1967 • 106 citations

Voltage clamp studies of fertilization in sea urchin eggs

1984 • 80 citations

Fertilization of amphibian eggs: A comparison of electrical responses between anurans and urodeles

1983 • 79 citations

Interaction of the sperm adhesive protein, bindin, with phospholipid vesicles. II. Bindin induces the fusion of mixed-phase vesicles that contain phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylserine in vitro.

1985 • 74 citations

Studies of the voltage-dependent polyspermy block using cross-species fertilization of amphibians

1983 • 73 citations

The fertilization potential is not necessary for the block to polyspermy or the activation of development in the medaka egg

1980 • 55 citations

Studies of the mechanism of the electrical polyspermy block using voltage clamp during cross-species fertilization.

1982 • 51 citations

Fusion of liposomes induced by a cationic protein from the acrosome granule of abalone spermatozoa

1986 • 49 citations

A rapid sodium-dependent block to polyspermy in sea urchin eggs

1981 • 49 citations

ELECTRICAL POLYSPERMY BLOCK IN SEA URCHINS: NICOTINE AND LOW SODIUM EXPERIMENTS1

1980 • 45 citations

Time and voltage windows for reversing the electrical block to fertilization.

1984 • 45 citations

Fertilization in brown algae

1983 • 37 citations

Evidence for a polyspermy block at the level of sperm‐egg plasma membrane fusion in Urechis caupo

1976 • 34 citations

Fertilization potential and polyspermy prevention in the egg of the nemertean, Cerebratulus lacteus

1985 • 32 citations

Behavior of the spermatozoon during sperm-blastomere fusion and its significance for fertilization (Saccoglossus kowalevskii: hemichordata)

1967 • 19 citations

Fertilization in crabs: IV. The fertilization potential consists of a sustained egg membrane hyperpolarization

1985 • 19 citations