Whole-Depth Change in Bovine Zona Pellucida Biomechanics after Fertilization: How Relevant in Hindering Polyspermy?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Papi, Massimiliano ^a   Brunelli, Roberto ^b   Familiari, Giuseppe ^b   Frassanito, Maria Cristina ^c   Lamberti, Luciano ^c   Maulucci, Giuseppe ^a   Monaci, Maurizio ^d   Pappalettere, Carmine ^c   Parasassi, Tiziana ^e   Relucenti, Michela ^b   Sylla, Lakamy ^d   Ursini, Fulvio ^f   de Spirito, Marco ^a,g  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF TRANSLATIONAL PHARMACOLOGY   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g Fondazione di Ricerca e Cura Giovanni Paolo II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAMENT MESH PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RUTHENIUM RED; SAPONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; IN VITRO OOCYTE MATURATION; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; POLYSPERMY; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; SPERMATOZOON MIGRATION; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FLAGELLA; GLYCOPROTEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OOCYTES; RUTHENIUM RED; SPERMATOZOA; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84866876167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045696     Document Type: Article

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