Sperm membrane proteins DCST1 and DCST2 are required for sperm-egg interaction in mice and fish
The role of sperm membrane proteins DCST1 and DCST2 in gamete fusion is extended to zebrafish in showing that these interdependent proteins are required for sperm-egg binding.
Main Authors: | Taichi Noda, Andreas Blaha, Yoshitaka Fujihara, Krista R. Gert, Chihiro Emori, Victoria E. Deneke, Seiya Oura, Karin Panser, Yonggang Lu, Sara Berent, Mayo Kodani, Luis Enrique Cabrera-Quio, Andrea Pauli, Masahito Ikawa |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-04-01
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Series: | Communications Biology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03289-w |
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