An antiserum directed specifically against ZP2, the major glycoprotein of the mouse egg's
extracellular coat (zona pellucida), has been used to immunoprecipitate intracellular …

For sperm to fertilize eggs, they must bind to and penetrate the zona pellucida (ZP) that
surrounds the plasma membrane of all mammalian eggs. The ZP first appears during oocyte …

The distribution of O‐linked oligosaccharides on the Mr 55,000 glycoproteins, ZP3α and
ZP3, of the porcine oocyte zona pellucida was examined. Purified preparations of endo‐β …

Several features of the ZP have been recognized for some time and are worthy of note at the
outset (Figure 1). These include:(a) The ZP lies between egg plasma membrane and …

During growth of the ovarian follicle, the mammalian oocyte becomes surrounded by an
acellular coat called the zona pellucida. Whether the zona pellucida originates from the …

Until now, there has been relatively little information available about how the mammalian
egg extracellular coat, the zona pellucida (ZP), assembles during oogenesis. Recently, two …

The zona pellucida (ZP) is an extracellular coat synthesized and secreted by the oocyte
during follicular development and surrounding the plasma membrane of mammalian eggs …

Biogenesis of the zona pellucida (ZP), the extracellular coat that surrounds all mammalian
eggs, is a universal and essential feature of mammalian oogenesis and reproduction. The …

As the result of a combined biochemical and electron microscopic investigation, hitherto
unrecognized structural features of the mouse egg extracellular coat, or zona pellucida …

Three sulfated glycoproteins (ZP-1, ZP-2, and ZP-3) make up the zona pellucida, an
extracellular glycocalyx that surrounds mouse oocytes. We have produced five monoclonal …