Complexin I is required for mammalian sperm acrosomal exocytosis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 236-244

  Zhao, Longmei ^a   Burkin, Heather R ^a   Shi, Xudong ^a   Li, Lingjun ^b   Reim, Kerstin ^c   Miller, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Calcium; Egg; Extracellular matrix; Fertilization; Membrane fusion; Oocyte; Secretion; SNARE; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM IONOPHORE; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; COMPLEXIN I; COMPLEXIN II; SNARE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ADHESION; ARTICLE; EGG; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERTILIZATION; MAMMAL; MEMBRANE FUSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SECRETION; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548391033     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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