Lack of acrosome formation in mice lacking a Golgi protein, GOPC

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The acrosome is a unique organelle that plays an important role at the site of sperm-zona pellucida binding during the fertilization process, and is lost in globozoospermia, an inherited infertility syndrome in humans. Although the acrosome is known to be derived from the Golgi apparatus, molecular mechanisms underlying acrosome formation are largely unknown. Here we show that Golgi-associated PDZ- and...

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