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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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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 |