2001
Guinea Pig Fertilin Exhibits Restricted Lateral Mobility in Epididymal Sperm and Becomes Freely Diffusing during Capacitation
Cowan A, Koppel D, Vargas L, Hunnicutt G. Guinea Pig Fertilin Exhibits Restricted Lateral Mobility in Epididymal Sperm and Becomes Freely Diffusing during Capacitation. Developmental Biology 2001, 236: 502-509. PMID: 11476588, DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0343.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSperm-egg interactionLateral mobilityPlasma membranePlasma membrane bindingHead plasma membraneEpididymal spermPopulation of cellsFertilinMembrane bindingFluorescence redistributionHead domainMembrane bilayerAcrosome-intact spermEpididymal passageAcrosome-reacted spermSpermAcrosome reactionCauda epididymisMembraneCellsInteractionAcrosomeCapacitationBindingPhotobleaching
1997
Analysis of the Process of Localization of Fertilin to the Sperm Posterior Head Plasma Membrane Domain during Sperm Maturation in the Epididymis
Hunnicutt G, Koppel D, Myles D. Analysis of the Process of Localization of Fertilin to the Sperm Posterior Head Plasma Membrane Domain during Sperm Maturation in the Epididymis. Developmental Biology 1997, 191: 146-159. PMID: 9356178, DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8700.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane domainsSurface proteinsPlasma membraneHead domainSperm plasma membrane proteinsADAM protein familyPlasma membrane proteinsPlasma membrane domainsEgg plasma membraneSperm-egg fusionEntire sperm headPosterior headSperm surface moleculesFertilin betaProtein familyProtein localizationMembrane proteinsMetalloprotease domainFertilinDisintegrin domainLocalization patternsMature formSperm maturationProteolytic processingProtein