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Egg cortical granule N-acetylglucosaminidase is required for the mouse zona block to polyspermy

The mammalian egg must be fertilized by only one sperm to prevent polyploidy. In most mammals studied to date, the primary block to polyspermy occurs at the zona pellucida, the mammalian egg coat, after exocytosis of the contents of the cortical granules into the perivitelline space. The exudate act...

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Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1993
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2290897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8253842