CONTRIBUTION OF A SPERM PROTEIN, PAWP, TO THE SIGNAL TRANSDUCT PATHWAY DURING VERTEBRATE FERTILIZATION

PAWP, postacrosomal sheath WW domain binding protein, is a novel sperm protein identified as a candidate sperm borne, oocyte-activating factor (SOAF). PAWP induces both early and later egg activation events including meiotic resumption, pronuclear formation and egg cleavage. Based on the fact that c...

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Main Author: Qin, Zheng
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Format: Others
Language:en
en
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/992