cortical granule exocytosis

id: GO:0060471
name: cortical granule exocytosis
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process of secretion by a cell that results in the release of intracellular molecules contained within a cortical granule by fusion of the vesicle with the plasma membrane of a cell. A cortical granule is a specialized secretory vesicle that is released during egg activation that changes the surface of the egg to prevent polyspermy.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0017156calcium ion-dependent exocytosis
GO:0048610cellular process involved in reproduction