Title : Sperm-egg binding requires a multiplicity of receptor-ligand interactions: new insights into the nature of gamete receptors derived from reproductive tract secretions.

Pub. Date : 2007

PMID : 17644974






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1 Early studies of fertilisation in the mouse implicated beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase-1 (GalT) as a sperm receptor for oligosaccharide ligands on the zona pellucida glycoprotein, ZP3. Oligosaccharides UDP-Gal:betaGlcNAc beta 1,4- galactosyltransferase, polypeptide 1 Mus musculus
2 Early studies of fertilisation in the mouse implicated beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase-1 (GalT) as a sperm receptor for oligosaccharide ligands on the zona pellucida glycoprotein, ZP3. Oligosaccharides UDP-Gal:betaGlcNAc beta 1,4- galactosyltransferase, polypeptide 1 Mus musculus
3 Binding of multiple ZP3 oligosaccharides induces GalT aggregation, leading to G-protein activation and initiation of the acrosome reaction. Oligosaccharides UDP-Gal:betaGlcNAc beta 1,4- galactosyltransferase, polypeptide 1 Mus musculus