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NH4Cl and other weak bases in the activation of sea urchin eggs (reply)
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NH4Cl and other weak bases in the activation of sea urchin eggs (reply)

  • DAVID EPEL1,
  • MILES PAUL2,
  • ALINA LOPO3 &
  • …
  • VICTOR D. VACQUIER3 

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  1. Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, 93950

    DAVID EPEL

  2. Department of Biology, Victoria University, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 2Y2, Canada

    MILES PAUL

  3. Department of Zoology, University of California, Davis, California, 95616

    ALINA LOPO & VICTOR D. VACQUIER

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EPEL, D., PAUL, M., LOPO, A. et al. NH4Cl and other weak bases in the activation of sea urchin eggs (reply). Nature 274, 190 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1038/274190b0

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