MMP2 and acrosin are major proteinases associated with the inner acrosomal membrane and may cooperate in sperm penetration of the zona pellucida during fertilization

The composition, protein genesis and significance of the inner acrosomal membrane of eutherian sperm

(2012) Marvin Ferrer et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Mammalian Sperm Acrosome Reaction: Where Does It Begin Before Fertilization?

(2011) Ryuzo Yanagimachi   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Most fertilizing mouse spermatozoa begin their acrosome reaction before contact with the zona pellucida during in vitro fertilization

(2011) M. Jin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sperm proteasome and fertilization

(2011) Peter Sutovsky   REPRODUCTION

Mice Lacking Two Sperm Serine Proteases, ACR and PRSS21, Are Subfertile, but the Mutant Sperm Are Infertile In Vitro1

(2010) Natsuko Kawano et al.   BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION

Coordinate action of membrane-type matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MT1-MMP) and MMP-2 enhances pericellular proteolysis and invasion

(2010) Hiroshi Sato et al.   CANCER SCIENCE

Active MMP-2 effectively identifies the presence of colorectal cancer

(2009) Mary Jo Murnane et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

Biogenesis of sperm perinuclear theca and its role in sperm functional competence and fertilization

(2009) Richard Oko et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

The origin and assembly of a zona pellucida binding protein, IAM38, during spermiogenesis

(2009) Yang Yu et al.   MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE

The initial steps of ovarian cancer cell metastasis are mediated by MMP-2 cleavage of vitronectin and fibronectin

(2008) Hilary A. Kenny et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION