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  • Title: Fluctuation in the intracellular concentration of Na+ and Cl- but not of K+ or Mg2+ at mitosis of the first cell cycle in fertilized sea urchin eggs.
    Author: Cameron IL, Hunter KE, Smith NK.
    Journal: Cell Biol Int Rep; 1988 Nov; 12(11):951-8. PubMed ID: 3228863.
    Abstract:
    This report concerns changes in the cytoplasmic concentration of Na+, Cl-, K+ and Mg2+ during the first cell cycle and into the second cell cycle of fertilized sea urchin eggs of Lytechinus variegatus. The results of electron probe x-ray microanalysis showed a significant equimolar decrease in Na+ and Cl- at the first cell division which was followed by a significant increase early in the second cell cycle. Neither K+ nor Mg2+ showed such significant changes. The loss of a large fraction of the Na+ ions from the egg at metaphase was not accompanied by a significant egg volume change. The observed pattern of ionic change was related to several previously reported chemical and metabolic changes at cell division in sea urchin eggs.
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