ISSN:
0148-7280
Keywords:
Fusion
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Spermatozoa
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Eggs
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Golden hamster
;
plasma membrane
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Life and Medical Sciences
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Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
To investigate which component of the plasma membrane of the hamster egg plays the central role in the sperm-egg fusion, the egg membrane was treated with a variety of proteolytic, carbohydrate-hydrolyzing, lipid-hydrolyzing, and other enzymes. The only enzyme that markedly effected the ability of the egg membrane to fuse with spermatozoa was phospholipase C. The lipid moieties of the egg plasma membrane (and possibly of the sperm membrane) must be of primary importance in sperm-egg fusion at fertilization.
Additional Material:
1 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mrd.1120010103
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