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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-11-23
pubmed:abstractText
Because low molecular weight factors isolated from sea urchin egg jelly increase sperm motility and respiration, but only at a pH less than 7.4, H. Ohtake (J. Exp. Zool. 198, 303-312, 1976) suggested that the pH within the jelly experienced by a sperm swimming to the egg might be 6.5-7.0. With a pH microelectrode, the pH in the jelly coat of single eggs of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and Lytechinus pictus was measured and found to be not significantly different from the pH of seawater, 8.0; it thus does not seem likely that these low molecular weight factors are important in maintaining sperm motility or respiration during fertilization.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0012-1606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
258-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
The pH within the jelly coat of sea urchin eggs.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.