Zinc sparks induce physiochemical changes in the egg zona pellucida that prevent polyspermy

GPR39 is region-specifically expressed in mouse oviduct correlating with the Zn2+ distribution

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A structured interdomain linker directs self-polymerization of human uromodulin

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The fertilization-induced zinc spark is a novel biomarker of mouse embryo quality and early development

(2016) Nan Zhang et al.   Scientific Reports

The zinc spark is an inorganic signature of human egg activation

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The inorganic anatomy of the mammalian preimplantation embryo and the requirement of zinc during the first mitotic divisions

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Zinc deficiency during in vitro maturation of porcine oocytes causes meiotic block and developmental failure

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Pig oocyte activation using a Zn2+ chelator, TPEN

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Identification of distinctive interdomain interactions among ZP-N, ZP-C and other domains of zona pellucida glycoproteins underlying association of chicken egg-coat matrix

(2015) Hiroki Okumura et al.   FEBS Open Bio

Metals in Protein–Protein Interfaces

(2014) Woon Ju Song et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Preconception Zinc Deficiency Disrupts Postimplantation Fetal and Placental Development in Mice1

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Metal-Mediated Molecular Self-Healing in Histidine-Rich Mussel Peptides

(2014) Stephan Schmidt et al.   BIOMACROMOLECULES

Izumo meets Juno

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Role of zinc trafficking in male fertility: from germ to sperm

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Zinc depletion activates porcine metaphase II oocytes independently of the protein kinase C pathway

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Maternally-derived zinc transporters ZIP6 and ZIP10 drive the mammalian oocyte-to-egg transition

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Juno is the egg Izumo receptor and is essential for mammalian fertilization

(2014) Enrica Bianchi et al.   NATURE

Quantitative mapping of zinc fluxes in the mammalian egg reveals the origin of fertilization-induced zinc sparks

(2014) Emily L. Que et al.   Nature Chemistry

Zinc Regulates Meiotic Resumption in Porcine Oocytes via a Protein Kinase C-Related Pathway

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Supplementation of zinc on oocyte in vitro maturation improves preimplatation embryonic development in pigs

(2014) Yubyeol Jeon et al.   THERIOGENOLOGY

Acute dietary zinc deficiency before conception compromises oocyte epigenetic programming and disrupts embryonic development

(2013) X. Tian et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Influence of the zona pellucida of the mouse egg on folliculogenesis and fertility

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Mussel-Inspired Histidine-Based Transient Network Metal Coordination Hydrogels

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A Zinc-Dependent Mechanism Regulates Meiotic Progression in Mammalian Oocytes1

(2012) Miranda L. Bernhardt et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Ovastacin, a cortical granule protease, cleaves ZP2 in the zona pellucida to prevent polyspermy

(2012) Anna D. Burkart et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Zinc Sparks Are Triggered by Fertilization and Facilitate Cell Cycle Resumption in Mammalian Eggs

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A Structural View of Egg Coat Architecture and Function in Fertilization1

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An Overview of a Wide Range of Functions of ZnT and Zip Zinc Transporters in the Secretory Pathway

(2011) Taiho KAMBE   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Oocyte specific oolemmal SAS1B involved in sperm binding through intra-acrosomal SLLP1 during fertilization

(2011) Monika Sachdev et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Zinc Depletion Causes Multiple Defects in Ovarian Function during the Periovulatory Period in Mice

(2011) X. Tian et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

New perspectives of zinc coordination environments in proteins

(2011) Wolfgang Maret   JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY

Zinc concentrations in serum and follicular fluid during ovarian stimulation and expression of Zn2+ transporters in human oocytes and cumulus cells

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Insights into Egg Coat Assembly and Egg-Sperm Interaction from the X-Ray Structure of Full-Length ZP3

(2010) Ling Han et al.   CELL

Full-term mouse development by abolishing Zn2+-dependent metaphase II arrest without Ca2+ release

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Polyspermy prevention: facts and artifacts?

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The role of Hv1 and CatSper channels in sperm activation

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Zinc availability regulates exit from meiosis in maturing mammalian oocytes

(2010) Alison M Kim et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Gamete Recognition in Mice Depends on the Cleavage Status of an Egg's Zona Pellucida Protein

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Structural changes of the zona pellucida during fertilization and embryo development

(2008) Giuseppe Familiari   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Zona Pellucida Glycoproteins

(2008) Paul M. Wassarman   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Crystal structure of the ZP-N domain of ZP3 reveals the core fold of animal egg coats

(2008) Magnus Monné et al.   NATURE