Visualization of the moment of mouse sperm-egg fusion and dynamic localization of IZUMO1

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 4985-4990

  Satouh, Yuhkoh ^a   Inoue, Naokazu ^b   Ikawa, Masahito ^b   Okabe, Masaru ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; IZUMO1; Live cell imaging; Membrane fusion; Protein trafficking; Sperm egg fusion

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN IZUMO1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; FERTILIZATION; INTERNALIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERM; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84872226667     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.100867     Document Type: Article

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