Separation of the sperm agglutinin and the acrosome reaction-inducing substance in egg jelly of starfish.
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The egg jelly of the starfish Asterias amurensis was separated into the fractions J1, J2, and J3 on a Sephadex G-100 column. The Jl fraction induced the acrosome reaction and J2 induced sperm agglutination. Chemical analysis and chromatography revealed that sperm agglutinin is similar to asterosaponin A.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 200 4337 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978