Metal ion fluxes controlling amphibian fertilization

Zinc protection of fertilized eggs is an ancient feature of sexual reproduction in animals

(2020) Katherine L. Wozniak et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Zinc Dynamics during Drosophila Oocyte Maturation and Egg Activation

(2020) Qinan Hu et al.   iScience

Manganese co-localizes with calcium and phosphorus in Chlamydomonas acidocalcisomes and is mobilized in manganese-deficient conditions

(2019) Munkhtsetseg Tsednee et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Bovine eggs release zinc in response to parthenogenetic and sperm-induced egg activation

(2018) Emily L. Que et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Zinc sparks induce physiochemical changes in the egg zona pellucida that prevent polyspermy

(2017) Emily L. Que et al.   Integrative Biology

Across the tree of life, radiation resistance is governed by antioxidant Mn2+, gauged by paramagnetic resonance

(2017) Ajay Sharma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Revised stability constant, spectroscopic properties and binding mode of Zn(II) to FluoZin-3, the most common zinc probe in life sciences

(2016) I. Marszałek et al.   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY

The zinc spark is an inorganic signature of human egg activation

(2016) Francesca E. Duncan et al.   Scientific Reports

Manganese Is Essential for Neuronal Health

(2015) Kyle J. Horning et al.   Annual Review of Nutrition

Phospholipase C and D regulation of Src, calcium release and membrane fusion during Xenopus laevis development

(2015) Bradley J. Stith   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

The inorganic anatomy of the mammalian preimplantation embryo and the requirement of zinc during the first mitotic divisions

(2015) Betty Y. Kong et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL DYNAMICS

Maternally-derived zinc transporters ZIP6 and ZIP10 drive the mammalian oocyte-to-egg transition

(2014) B.Y. Kong et al.   MOLECULAR HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Quantitative mapping of zinc fluxes in the mammalian egg reveals the origin of fertilization-induced zinc sparks

(2014) Emily L. Que et al.   Nature Chemistry

Responses of Mn2+ speciation in Deinococcus radiodurans and Escherichia coli to  -radiation by advanced paramagnetic resonance methods

(2013) A. Sharma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

X-ray fluorescence analysis of iron and manganese distribution in primary dopaminergic neurons

(2012) Tanja Dučić et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Zinc Sparks Are Triggered by Fertilization and Facilitate Cell Cycle Resumption in Mammalian Eggs

(2011) Alison M. Kim et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Zinc availability regulates exit from meiosis in maturing mammalian oocytes

(2010) Alison M Kim et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Probing in vivo Mn2+ speciation and oxidative stress resistance in yeast cells with electron-nuclear double resonance spectroscopy

(2010) R. L. McNaughton et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA