Ubiquitin-activating enzyme (UBA1) is required for sperm capacitation, acrosomal exocytosis and sperm-egg coat penetration during porcine fertilization

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-210

  Yi, Y J ^a   Zimmerman, S W ^a   Manandhar, G ^a   Odhiambo, J F ^a   Kennedy, C ^a   Jonakova V ^c   Manaskova Postlerova P ^c   Sutovsky, M ^a   Park, C S ^d   Sutovsky, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Capacitation; Fertilization; Pig; Sperm; UBA1; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; PHOSPHOTYROSINE ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN SPINK2; PYR 41; SERINE PROTEINASE; SPERMADHESIN; THIOESTER; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN ACTIVATING EZYME 1; UBIQUITIN CONJUGATING ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EGG; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMETOGENESIS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RAT; SPERM; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SWINE; UBIQUITINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BENZOIC ACIDS; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; FURANS; GLYCOPROTEINS; MALE; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PYRAZOLES; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SPERM CAPACITATION; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGONIA; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; UBIQUITIN; UBIQUITIN-ACTIVATING ENZYMES; UBIQUITINATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84858297590     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01217.x     Document Type: Article

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