New insights into the mechanisms of fertilization: Comparison of the fertilization steps, composition, and structure of the zona pellucida between horses and pigs

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 856-870

  Mugnier, Sylvie ^a,b,c,d   Dell'Aquila, Maria Elena ^e   Pelaez, Jesus ^a,b,c,d   Douet, Cécile ^a,b,c,d   Ambruosi, Barbara ^e   De Santis, Teresa ^e   Lacalandra, Giovanni Michele ^e   Lebos, Claude ^c   Sizaret, Pierre Yves ^c   Delaleu, Bernadette ^a,b,c,d   Monget, Philippe ^a,b,c,d   Mermillod, Pascal ^a,b,c,d   Magistrini, Michèle ^a,b,c,d   Meyers, Stuart A ^f   Goudet, Ghylène ^a,b,c,d  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d Haras Nationaux   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Confocal microscopy; Fertilization; Gamete biology; Gamete interaction; ICSI; In vitro fertilization; Oocyte; SEM; Spermatozoa; TEM; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EGG PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ZONA PELLUCIDA GLYCOPROTEINS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOZOON; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

ANIMALS; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORSES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OOCYTES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 71549132310     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.077651     Document Type: Article

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