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 …

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 …

All mammalian eggs are surrounded by a relatively thick extracellular coat, called the zona
pellucida (ZP), that plays vital roles during oogenesis, fertilization, and preimplantation …

The zona pellucida (ZP) is a specialized extracellular coat that surrounds the plasma
membrane of mammalian eggs. Its presence is essential for successful completion of …

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 …

All vertebrate eggs have extracellular matrices, referred to as the zona pellucida in Mus
musculus and the vitelline envelope in Xenopus laevis. The mouse zona, composed of three …

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 …

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 …

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 vertebrate egg coat, including mammalian zona pellucida, is an oocyte-specific
extracellular matrix comprising two to six zona pellucida (ZP) glycoproteins. The egg coat …