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Normal Fertilization Occurs with Eggs Lacking the Integrin α6β1 and Is Cd9-Dependent
12 Jun 2000
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Previous results, based on inhibition of fertilization by an anti-alpha6 integrin mAb (GoH3), suggest that the alpha6beta1 integrin on mouse eggs functions as the receptor for sperm (Almeida, E.A., A.P. Huovila, A.E. Sutherland, L.E. Stephens, P.G. Calarco, L. M. Shaw, A.M. Mercurio, A. Sonnenberg, P. Primakoff, D.G. Myles, and J.M. White. 1995. Cell. 81:1095-1104). Because the egg surface tetraspanin CD9 is...
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