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MMP2 and acrosin are major proteinases associated with the inner acrosomal membrane and may cooperate in sperm penetration of the zona pellucida during fertilization

Sperm-zona pellucida (ZP) penetration during fertilization is a process that most likely involves enzymatic digestion of this extracellular coat by spermatozoa. Since the inner acrosomal membrane (IAM) is the leading edge of spermatozoa during penetration and proteins required for secondary binding...

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Autores principales: Ferrer, Marvin, Rodriguez, Hilma, Zara, Lindsay, Yu, Yang, Xu, Wei, Oko, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3429778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22729485
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00441-012-1429-1