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Sperm-Egg Fusion

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The Epididymis, Sperm Maturation and Fertilisation

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Abstract

Proteinaceous “Sperm Receptors” on the egg plasma membrane facilitate binding of sperm (Wolf et al., 1976). The inability of trypsin inhibitors to prevent binding of mouse sperm to eggs (Saling, 1981) suggests that acrosin activity is not required for gamete contact, but Ca2+ is necessary for sperm-egg contact in both hamsters (Yanagimachi, 1982) and mice (Saling, 1981).

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Cooper, T.G. (1986). Sperm-Egg Fusion. In: The Epididymis, Sperm Maturation and Fertilisation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71471-9_7

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