Ultrastructural Demonstration of Trypsin-Like Protease in Acrosomes of Sea Urchin Sperm
- 18 July 1980
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 209 (4454) , 398-400
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6992277
Abstract
Two independent cytochemical techniques were used to demonstrate that a trypsin-like protease is bound to the acrosomal tubule of the sea urchin sperm. The enzyme is associated with bindin on the reacted acrosome and presumably functions in the early phases of fertilization.Keywords
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