Dissolution of rabbit zona by acrosomal extract: Effect of calcium
- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Experimental Zoology
- Vol. 207 (3), 521-529
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.1402070321
Abstract
The acrosomal extracts from rabbit spermatozoa were more effective in dissolving the zona pellucida of the rabbit ova in the absence than in the presence of Ca+2. The extracts had high proteolytic activity but low esterolytic activity at alkaline pH in which pH effective zone hydrolysis occurred. The results suggest that acrosomal proteinases in addition to acrosin may be involved in the zona penetration.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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