Evidence Suggesting That the Mouse Sperm Acrosome Reaction Initiated by the Zona Pellucida Involves an α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor1
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- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 68 (4) , 1348-1353
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.102.011163
Abstract
The mammalian sperm acrosome reaction (AR) is essential to fertilization and is believed to be initiated in vivo by ZP3, a glycoprotein component ofKeywords
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