The zona pellucida is an extracellular matrix surrounding growing oocytes, ovulated eggs
and the preimplantation embryo. After mediating the relatively species-specific events of …

The zona pellucida (ZP) is an extracellular matrix (ECM) that surrounds all mammalian
oocytes, eggs, and embryos and plays vital roles during oogenesis, fertilization, and …

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 is an extracellular matrix that surrounds growing oocytes,
ovulated eggs and early embryos. The mouse zona is composed of three sulfated …

The zona pellucida is a unique, oocyte-specific matrix that coats the surface of all
mammalian eggs. Composed of three sulfated glycoproteins in the mouse (ZP1, ZP2, and …

The zona pellucida (ZP) plays vital roles in reproductive processes including oogenesis,
fertilization, and preimplantation development. Both human and rat ZP consist of four …

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 …

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

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 …

Zona pellucida (ZP), the extracellular matrix sheltering mammalian oocytes and embryos, is
composed by 3 to 4 proteins. The roles of the three proteins present in mice have been …