Autoradiographic visualization of the mouse egg's sperm receptor bound to sperm
The extracellular coat, or zona pellucida, of mammalian eggs contains species-specific receptors to which sperm bind as a prelude to fertilization. In mice, ZP3, one of only three zona pellucida glycoproteins, serves as sperm receptor. Acrosome-intact, but not acrosome-reacted, mouse sperm recognize...
| Format: | Online |
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| Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
1986
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2114187/ |