Premium
Plasma membrane bound Ca 2+ ‐ATPase activity in bull sperm
Author(s) -
Vijayasarathy S.,
Shivaji S.,
Balaram P.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(80)80857-x
Subject(s) - unit (ring theory) , chemistry , library science , mathematics , computer science , mathematics education
The acrosome reaction in vertebrate sperm has been shown to be essential for fertilisation [ 11. The process involves fusion and vesiculation of sperm head plasma membranes and the underlying outer acrosomal membrane, resulting in the exocytotic release of acrosomal enzymes. Yanagamachi and Usui have demonstrated that sperm have an absolute require