Absence of spermatozoal CD46 protein expression and associated rapid acrosome reaction rate in striped field mice (Apodemus agrarius)

• Egile Nagusiak: Flanagan Brian F (Egilea), Bryja Josef (Egilea), Stopka Pavel (Egilea), Frolikova Michaela (Egilea), Andrlikova Petra (Egilea), Clift Leanne E (Egilea), Johnson Peter M (Egilea), Dvorakova-Hortova Katerina (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: BMC, 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In rodents, the cell surface complement regulatory protein CD46 is expressed solely on the spermatozoal acrosome membrane. Ablation of the CD46 gene is associated with a faster acrosome reaction. Sperm from Apodemus flavicollis (yell...