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Acrosome Formation

Acrosome Formation is a spermiogenic cellular differentiation process in which Golgi-derived proacrosomal vesicles and associated membranes assemble, traffic, and fuse at the anterior pole of the developing spermatid nucleus to generate the mature acrosomal organelle essential for fertilization.

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Acrosome Biogenesis

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Capacitation of Bovine Sperm by Heparin1

J.J. Parrish, J.J. Parrish, Martin A. Winer et al. · Biology of Reproduction · 1988 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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Capacitation of mouse spermatozoa: I. Correlation between the capacitation state and protein tyrosine phosphorylation

Pablo E. Visconti, Janice L. Bailey, Grace D. Moore et al. · Development · 1995 · 959 citations

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Sperm-egg interactions in the mouse: Sequence of events and induction of the acrosome reaction by a zona pellucida glycoprotein

Jeffrey D. Bleil, Paul M. Wassarman · Developmental Biology · 1983 · 606 citations

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Two simple methods for detecting acrosome‐reacted human sperm

Nicholas L. Cross, Patricio Morales, James W. Overstreet et al. · Gamete Research · 1986 · 603 citations

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Calcium dependence of the acrosome reaction and activation of guinea pig spermatozoa

Ryuzo Yanagimachi, Noriko Usui · Experimental Cell Research · 1974 · 585 citations

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  1. SM
    Stanley Meizel

    University of California, Davis, United States

    60 publications · 4.5K citations

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  2. RY
    Ryuzo Yanagimachi

    University of Hawaii System, United States

    48 publications · 4K citations

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  3. AD
    Alberto Darszon

    Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

    50 publications · 3.1K citations

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  4. VD
    Victor D. Vacquier

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    45 publications · 2.5K citations

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  5. HB
    Haim Breitbart

    Bar-Ilan University, Israel

    40 publications · 2.3K citations

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  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    47 h-index

    287 publications

    20.6K citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    43 h-index

    196 publications

    22.4K citations

  3. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    37 h-index

    294 publications

    12K citations

  4. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    36 h-index

    151 publications

    9K citations

  5. University of Hawaii System

    Honolulu, United States

    33 h-index

    108 publications

    7.4K citations

  6. Inserm

    Paris, France

    32 h-index

    196 publications

    14.7K citations

  7. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    31 h-index

    109 publications

    6.2K citations

  8. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

    Mexico City, Mexico

    30 h-index

    160 publications

    8.4K citations

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  1. Biology of Reproduction

    286 publications · 21.2K citations

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  2. Human Reproduction

    127 publications · 6.5K citations

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  3. Molecular Reproduction and Development

    182 publications · 7.7K citations

    49

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  4. The Journal of Cell Biology

    JCB · 69 publications · 7.7K citations

    48

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  5. Reproduction

    154 publications · 7.7K citations

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