The role of the acrosomal matrix in fertilization

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 511-522

  Buffone, Mariano G ^a   Foster, James A ^b   Gerton, George L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RANDOLPH MACON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ccrosome; Sp56; Sperm; Zona binding; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

MATRIX PROTEIN; PROACROSIN; PROACROSIN BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN AM50; PROTEIN AM67; PROTEIN SP10; SCLEROPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONA PELLUCIDA BINDING PROTEIN 1; ZONADHESIN;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOCYTOSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSIN; ACROSOME; ANIMALS; ENZYME PRECURSORS; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 54249097511     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072532mb     Document Type: Article

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