Sperm from the calmegin-deficient mouse have normal abilities for binding and fusion to the egg plasma membrane

Developmental Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 348-357

  Yamagata, Kazuo ^a   Nakanishi, Tomoko ^a   Ikawa, Masahito ^a   Yamaguchi, Ryou ^a   Moss, Stuart B ^a   Okabe, Masaru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADAM; Calmegin; Chaperone; Egg; Fertilin; Fertilization; Piezo micromanipulator; Sperm; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ACID; CALMEGIN; CHAPERONE; FERTILIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ZP3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL FUSION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MEMBRANE BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVIDUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036401509     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(02)90803-1     Document Type: Article

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