Intracellular pH and activation of sea urchin eggs after fertilisation
Abstract
The intracellular pH of the sea urchin embryo increases 0.3 pH units between 1 and 4 min after fertilisation. The increase in pH is required for initiating development. The increase results from an exchange of extracellular Na+ for intracellular H+.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- August 1976
- DOI:
- 10.1038/262661a0
- Bibcode:
- 1976Natur.262..661J