Mice homozygous for an insertional mutation in the Zp3 gene lack a zona pellucida and are infertile

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2903-2910

  Rankin, Tracy ^a   Familari, Mary ^a   Lee, Eric ^b   Ginsberg, Ann ^a   Dwyer, Nancy ^a   Blanchette Mackie, Joan ^a   Drago, John ^b   Westphal, Helner ^b   Dean, Jurrien ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Disruption of the corona radiata; Infertility; Zona pellucida; Zona free oocytes; Zp3 null mutant mice; ZP3 sperm receptor

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC DISORDER; GERMINAL VESICLE; HOMOZYGOSITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METAPHASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PHENOTYPE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OOCYTES; OVARY; OVULATION; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RNA, ANTISENSE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029818998     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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