All vertebrate eggs are surrounded by an extracellular matrix. This matrix is known as the
zona pellucida in mammals and is critically important for the survival of growing oocytes …

All vertebrates have an egg shell that surrounds ovulated eggs and plays critical roles in
gamete recognition. This extracellular matrix is known as the zona pellucida in eutherian …

Mammalian oocytes synthesize and secrete a zona pellucida that surrounds the growing
oocytes, ovulated eggs and preimplantation embryos. The extracellular zona matrix is …

Perinatally, oocytes within the mouse ovary become surrounded by a layer of flattened
granulosa cells and form primordial follicles. The subsequent accretion of the zona pellucida …

All mammalian oocytes and eggs are surrounded by a relatively thick extracellular matrix
(ECM), the zona pellucida (ZP), that plays vital roles during oogenesis, fertilization, and …

An extracellular matrix that mediates critical steps in fertilization and early development
surrounds all vertebrate eggs. In mice and humans, this matrix is known as the zona …

The zona pellucida (ZP) is a thick extracellular coat that surrounds all mammalian eggs. The
ZP plays important roles during oogenesis, fertilization, and preimplantation development …

All mammalian eggs are surrounded by a highly specialized extracellular matrix (ECM),
called the zona pellucida (ZP), that functions before, during, and after fertilization. Unlike …

The zona pellucida surrounds all mammalian oocytes and plays a vital role at fertilization
and in early development. The genes that code for two of the mouse zona proteins (ZP2 and …

The mammalian zona pellucida surrounding ovulated eggs mediates sperm binding at
fertilization, provides a postfertilization block to polyspermy, and facilitates passage of pre …