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 …

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 …

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

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

Fertilization requires taxon-specific gamete recognition, and human sperm do not bind to
zonae pellucidae (ZP1–3) surrounding mouse eggs. Using transgenesis to replace …

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 extracellular zona pellucida surrounds ovulated eggs and mediates gamete recognition
that is essential for mammalian fertilization. Zonae matrices contain three (mouse) or four …

Mammalian oocytes are surrounded by an extracellular coat called the zona pellucida (ZP),
which, from an evolutionary point of view, is the most ancient of the coats that envelope …

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 …

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 …