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Localization of vitelline-coat lysin purified from testis of a top shell, Turbo cornutus

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The vitelline-coat lysin purified from the testis ofTurbo cornutus was found, by an immunofluorescence technique, to be located in the acrosome of the sperm, which suggested that the lysin reacts with the vitelline-coat in an early phase of fertilization to allow the sperm to penetrate through the coat.

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  1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Fukasawa, Setagaya-ku, 158, Tokyo, Japan

    A. Ogawa & K. Haino-Fukushima

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We are grateful to Professor M. Akino (Tokyo Metropolitan University) for his helpful advice.

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Ogawa, A., Haino-Fukushima, K. Localization of vitelline-coat lysin purified from testis of a top shell, Turbo cornutus. Experientia 41, 921–922 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01970013

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