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Sperm-specific post-acrosomal WW-domain binding protein (PAWP) does not cause Ca2+ release in mouse oocytes
23 Jul 2014
Abstract excerpt
Mature mammalian oocytes undergo a prolonged series of cytoplasmic calcium (Ca(2+)) oscillations at fertilization that are the cause of oocyte activation. The Ca(2+) oscillations in mammalian oocytes are driven via inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (IP3) generation. Microinjection of the sperm-derived phospholipase C-zeta (PLCζ), which generates IP3, causes the same pattern of Ca(2+) oscillations as observed at...
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