Egg–sperm interactions at fertilization in mammals

PM Wassarman, L Jovine, ES Litscher, H Qi… - European Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
Mammalian eggs are surrounded by a zona pellucida (ZP) that regulates egg–sperm
teractions during fertilization. The ZP consists of long filaments composed of two …

Lewis X-containing glycans are specific and potent competitive inhibitors of the binding of ZP3 to complementary sites on capacitated, acrosome-intact mouse sperm

CL Kerr, WF Hanna, JH Shaper… - Biology of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Mammalian fertilization requires a cascade of interactions between sperm and the egg's
zona pellucida (ZP). O-linked glycans on mouse glycoprotein ZP3 have been implicated in …

Identification of LZP Gene from Mus musculus and Rattus norvegicus Coding for a Novel Liver-specific ZP Domain-Containing Secretory Protein

ZG Xu, JJ Du, SJ Cui, ZQ Wang, KK Huo, YY Li… - DNA …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
Zona pellucida (ZP) domain has been recognized in a number of receptor-like eukaryotic
glycoproteins, which involved in many important biological processes, such as signal …