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Antithrombin III enhances the motility and chemotaxis of boar sperm
1Department of Biochemistry, National Yang-Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Comparative Physiology
|February 1, 1994
Abstract:
Purified porcine antithrombin III stimulates motility and acts as a chemoattractant of washed boar sperm. Porcine follicular fluid and blood plasma both possess chemotactic activity. Porcine antithrombin III-immunoreactive molecules are distributed on the zona pellucida of ovulated eggs flushed from the swine oviducts. We propose that antithrombin III plays important roles in the mammalian fertilization process in vivo.