Skip to main content
Publications | Persons | Institutes | Projects
[ report an error in this record ]basket (0): add | show Print this page

Do test cells secrete a hatching enzyme in Ascidiella aspersa (Tunicata, Ascidiacea)?
Lübbering, B.; Hofmann, D.K. (1995). Do test cells secrete a hatching enzyme in Ascidiella aspersa (Tunicata, Ascidiacea)? Helgol. Meeresunters. 49(1-4): 295-301. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02368357
In: Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen. Biologische Anstalt Helgoland: Hamburg. ISSN 0174-3597, more
Also appears in:
Franke, H.-D.; Lüning, K. (Ed.) (1995). The challenge to marine biology in a changing world: Proceedings of the International Symposium commemorating the Centenary of the Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, 13-18th September 1992. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, 49(1-4). Biologische Anstalt Helgoland: Hamburg. 930 pp., more
Peer reviewed article  

Available in  Authors 

Keyword
    Marine/Coastal

Authors  Top 
  • Lübbering, B.
  • Hofmann, D.K.

Abstract
    The hatching enzyme of Ascidiella aspersa has been characterized as a trypsin-like enzyme. It dissolves the main part of the chorion and renders hatching possible at the end of embryogenesis. In contrast to Knaben's statement, this enzyme is secreted by the embryo itself and not by the test cells.

All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy Top | Authors