Transfer of oocyte membrane fragments to fertilizing spermatozoa
Open Access
- 15 June 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 21 (13) , 3446-3449
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.06-8035hyp
Abstract
Several families of molecules are implicated in the membrane fusion process between sperm and oocyte. Among these, CD9 tetraspanin, a membrane-organizing molecule, plays a crucial role, since the fer...Keywords
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