MMP2 and acrosin are major proteinases associated with the inner acrosomal membrane and may cooperate in sperm penetration of the zona pellucida during fertilization

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 349, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 881-895

  Ferrer, Marvin ^a   Rodriguez, Hilma ^a   Zara, Lindsay ^a   Yu, Yang ^a   Xu, Wei ^a   Oko, Richard ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acrosome; Fertilization; Inner acrosomal membrane; Matrix metalloproteinase 2; Spermatozoa; Zona pellucida

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; GELATINASE A; PROACROSIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNER ACROSOME MEMBRANE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ACROSIN; ACROSOME; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 84866432060     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-012-1429-1     Document Type: Article

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