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Zona pellucida from fertilised human oocytes induces a voltage-dependent calcium influx and the acrosome reaction in spermatozoa, but cannot be penetrated by sperm

BACKGROUND: The functions of three zona glycoproteins, ZP1, ZP2 and ZP3 during the sperm-zona pellucida (ZP) interaction are now well established in mice. The expression of an additional zona glycoprotein, ZPB/4, in humans, led us to reconsider the classical mouse model of gamete interaction. We inv...

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Autores principales: Patrat, Catherine, Auer, Jana, Fauque, Patricia, Leandri, Roger L, Jouannet, Pierre, Serres, Catherine
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1712232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17147816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-213X-6-59