β-1,4-ZP3-

D J Miller1, M B Macek, B D Shur

  • 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Holcombe, Houston 77030.

Nature
|June 18, 1992
PubMed
概括

鼠标精子β-1,4-银酸转移酶 (Gal-转移酶) 与ZP3结合,调节受精. 这种相互作用对于精子与卵子的结合至关重要,并且在受精后的青体反应或ZP3修饰后丢失.

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