The mammalian egg coat participates in fertilization and prevents more than one sperm from entering the egg. Structural data pinpoint a region common to egg-coat proteins that might mediate these functions.
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Wassarman, P. Welcome to the fold. Nature 456, 586–587 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/456586a
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