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Sperm SPACA6 protein is required for mammalian Sperm-Egg Adhesion/Fusion
Three genes are known to be essential for gamete adhesion/fusion (Cd9, Izumo1 and Juno). Here, we confirmed that Spaca6 null males are infertile and showed that their sperm accumulate in the perivitelline space but are unable to fuse with oocyte. Like IZUMO1, SPACA6 which is expressed by human sperm...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093486/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32210282 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62091-y |