Association between fertilin beta, protamines 1 and 2 and spermatid-specific linker histone H1-like protein mRNA levels, fertilization ability of human spermatozoa, and quality of preimplantation embryos.

Fertilization involves a series of cellular interactions culminating in the fusion of gamete membranes, creating a zygote and then an embryo. During the process of human fertilization in vivo or in conventional in vitro fertilization (IVF), sperm must be capable of undergoing the acrosome reaction,...

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Main Authors: Bartosz Kempisty, Margarita Lianeri, Magdalena Depa-Martynów, Paweł P Jagodziński, Piotr Jedrzejczak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2008-04-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/index.php/fhc/article/view/4492