Vaginal Cytology, Induced Ovulation and Gestation in the Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus)

1 February 1977

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction

Vol. 16 (1) , 97-103
https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod16.1.97

Abstract

Acrosome extracts obtained by treatment of ejaculated rabbit and human sperm with detergents contain an enzyme which disperses the corona radiata of the rabbit ovum. The enzyme was designated corona penetrating enzyme, CPE. The effects of the extracts on the corona was not due to hyaluronidase or a trypsin-like enzyme (TLE) which are also associated with the sperm acrosome.