Sperm membrane incorporation into oolemma contributes to the oolemma block to sperm penetration: Evidence based on intracytoplasmic sperm injection experiments in the mouse

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 256-259

  Maleszewski, Marek ^a,b   Kimura, Yasuyuki ^a   Yanagimachi, Ryuzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Block to sperm penetration; Fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Mouse; Oolemma

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; OVUM; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0029982246     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199606)44:2<256::AID-MRD16>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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