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MAIA, Fc receptor–like 3, supersedes JUNO as IZUMO1 receptor during human fertilization
7 Sept 2022
Abstract excerpt
Gamete fusion is a critical event of mammalian fertilization. A random one-bead one-compound combinatorial peptide library represented synthetic human egg mimics and identified a previously unidentified ligand as Fc receptor–like 3, named MAIA after the mythological goddess intertwined with JUNO. This immunoglobulin super family receptor was expressed on human oolemma and played a major role during sperm-egg...
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