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Analysis of chaperone proteins associated with human spermatozoa during capacitation
26 Jun 2007
Abstract excerpt
Mammalian spermatozoa must undergo a post-ejaculatory period of maturation, known as capacitation, before they can engage in the process of fertilization. Studies in the mouse have established that capacitation facilitates sperm-zona recognition via mechanisms that involve the appearance of tyrosine phosphorylated chaperone proteins on the sperm surface overlying the acrosome, the site of sperm-zona recognition....
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