Background The first clues to the process of gamete activation date back to nearly 60 years
ago. The mutual activation of gametes is a crucial event during fertilization. In the testis and …

Fertilization is the culminating event of sexual reproduction, which involves the union of the
sperm and egg to form a single, genetically distinct organism. Despite the fundamental role …

All eggs have an extracellular coat (EC) that plays unique roles during reproduction and
development. ECs are designed to protect eggs and support their growth, regulate …

Fertilization in animals that employ sexual reproduction is an indispensable event for the
production of the next generation. A significant advancement in our understanding of the …

Despite the development of assisted reproduction technologies and significant advances in
reproductive biology and medicine over the years the cause of infertility remains …

Syntaxins are membrane integrated Q-SNARE proteins known to participate in exocytosis.
Vesicle docking involves the binding of two plasma membrane proteins, syntaxin and SNAP …

In order to understand the role of the protein zona pellucida 2 in fertilization, an antibody
against a central segment of the zona pellucida 2 peptide, segment 190–505 (Z2eH), was …