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Oocyte activation and fertilisation: crucial contributors from the sperm and oocyte
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This chapter intends to summarise the importance of sperm- and oocyte-derived factors in the processes of sperm-oocyte binding and oocyte activation. First, we describe the initial interaction between sperm and the zona pellucida, with particular regard to acrosome exocytosis. We then describe how sperm and oocyte membranes fuse, with special reference to the discovery of the sperm protein IZUMO1 and its interaction with the oocyte membrane receptor JUNO. We then focus specifically upon o...
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Ministry of Education, Brunei Darussalam
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Universiti Brunei Darussalam
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Springer, Cham Publisher's website
- Pages:
- 213-239
- Series:
- Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
- Host title:
- Signaling-Mediated Control of Cell Division
- Publication date:
- 2017-03-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-03-01
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0080-1844
- Source identifiers:
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817890
- ISBN:
- 9783319448190
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- Copyright date:
- 2017
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