Golden hamster perivitelline spermatozoa do not show proacrosin/acrosin at the inner acrosomal membrane
Biol. Res
;
25(2): 91-3, 1992. ilus
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-228638
RESUMO
It has been suggested that acrosin may function in penetration of the zona pellucida and of the highly structured extracellular matrix of the perivitelline space. In this study we investigated whether golden hamster perivitelline spermatozoa contain proacrosin/acrosin, as evidenced by the silver enhanced immunogold technique using the monoclonal antibody antiacrosin C2E5. None of the 197 spermatozoa recovered from the perivitelline space showed proacrosin/acrosin associated with the acrosomal region, suggesting that acrosin would not play a role in the penetration of the perivitelline extracellular matrix
Search on Google
Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Spermatozoa
/
Acrosin
/
Enzyme Precursors
/
Intracellular Membranes
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Biol. Res
Journal subject:
Biology
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS