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Seminal Vesicle Secretion 2 Acts as a Protectant of Sperm Sterols and Prevents Ectopic Sperm Capacitation in Mice1
14 Nov 2014
Abstract excerpt
Seminal vesicle secretion 2 (SVS2) is a protein secreted by the mouse seminal vesicle. We previously demonstrated that SVS2 regulates fertilization in mice; SVS2 is attached to a ganglioside GM1 on the plasma membrane of the sperm head and inhibits sperm capacitation in in vitro fertilization as a decapacitation factor. Furthermore, male mice lacking SVS2 display prominently reduced fertility in vivo, which...
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