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Characterization of human zona pellucida glycoproteins.
The human egg may only be fertilized by one spermatozoon to prevent polyploidy. In most mammals, the primary block to polyspermy occurs at the zona pellucida (ZP). Little is known of the human ZP and the changes occurring following fertilization to prevent polyploidy. Using antibodies directed against synthetic peptides predicted from the human ZP2 and ZP3 cDNA, we identified ZP3 as a 53-60 kDa...
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Abbreviations: ZP, zona pellucida; ZPG, ZP glycoprotein; VE, vitelline envelope; VEG, VE glycoprotein; mZP, mouse ZP; hZP, human ZP; SS, signal sequence; CTP, C-terminal propeptide; CFCS, consensus furin cleavage-site; TMD, transmembrane domain; ZPD, ZP domain; NTS, N-terminal subdomain; CTS, C-terminal subdomain; EHP, external hydrophobic patch; IHP, internal hydrophobic patch; CP, charged pat...
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between human sperm hyperactivation (HA), sperm-zona pellucida (ZP) binding and the ZP-induced acrosome reaction (AR) of ZP-bound sperm in vitro. METHODS Sperm samples from 129 infertile men were studied. Motile sperm (2 x 10(6)) selected by Pure sperm were incubated with four oocytes in 1 ml human tubal fluid supplemented wit...
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Zona pellucida (ZP) is an extracellular matrix surrounding and protecting mammalian and fish oocytes, which is responsible for sperm binding. Mammalian ZP consists of three to four glycoproteins, called ZP1, ZP2, ZP3, ZP4. These proteins polymerize into long interconnected filaments, through a common structural unit, known as the ZP domain, which consists of two domains, ZP-N and ZP-C. ZP is re...
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BACKGROUND The zona pellucida (ZP) is an extracellular glycoprotein matrix which surrounds all mammalian oocytes. Recent data have shown the presence of four human zona genes (ZP1, ZP2, ZP3 and ZPB). The aim of the study was to determine if all four ZP proteins are expressed and present in the human. METHODS cDNA derived from human oocytes were used to amplify by PCR the four ZP genes. In add...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biology of Reproduction
سال: 1977
ISSN: 0006-3363,1529-7268
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod16.2.158