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Sperm-egg Recognition

Sperm-Egg Recognition is a molecular interaction mechanism in developmental biology that specifically mediates the binding between sperm and oocyte surfaces, initiating fertilization through species-specific ligand-receptor recognition.

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The immunoglobulin superfamily protein Izumo is required for sperm to fuse with eggs

Naokazu Inoue, Masahito Ikawa, Ayako Isotani et al. · Nature · 2005 · 837 citations

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Mammalian sperm-egg interaction: Identification of a glycoprotein in mouse egg zonae pellucidae possessing receptor activity for sperm

Jeffrey D. Bleil, Paul M. Wassarman · Cell · 1980 · 715 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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O-linked oligosaccharides of mouse egg ZP3 account for its sperm receptor activity

Harvey M. Florman, Paul M. Wassarman · Cell · 1985 · 587 citations · Full text

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Sperm cells as vectors for introducing foreign DNA into eggs: Genetic transformation of mice

Marialuisa Lavitrano, Antonella Camaioni, Vito Michele Fazio et al. · Cell · 1989 · 540 citations

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Authors

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    Paul M. Wassarman

    Harvard University, United States

    15 publications · 4.1K citations

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  2. VD
    Victor D. Vacquier

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    14 publications · 1.4K citations

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  3. FR
    Floriana Rosati

    University of Siena, Italy

    14 publications · 520 citations

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  4. WJ
    William J. Lennarz

    Stony Brook University, United States

    12 publications · 669 citations

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  5. JD
    Jeffrey D. Bleil

    Harvard University, United States

    10 publications · 3K citations

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364

  1. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    14 h-index

    22 publications

    2K citations

  2. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    12 h-index

    38 publications

    3.2K citations

  3. Nagoya University

    Nagoya, Japan

    11 h-index

    31 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    11 h-index

    43 publications

    3.3K citations

  5. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    995 citations

  6. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    10 h-index

    24 publications

    2.6K citations

  7. State University of New York

    Albany, United States

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    2.8K citations

  8. University of Siena

    Siena, Italy

    10 h-index

    29 publications

    480 citations

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  1. Developmental Biology

    44 publications · 3.6K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 20 publications · 3.2K citations

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  3. Biology of Reproduction

    18 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 17 publications · 359 citations

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  5. Molecular Reproduction and Development

    15 publications · 618 citations

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