Calmegin is required for fertilin alpha/beta heterodimerization and sperm fertility.
Ikawa M, Nakanishi T, Yamada S, Wada I, Kominami K, Tanaka H, Nozaki M, Nishimune Y, Okabe M.
Ikawa M, et al.
Dev Biol. 2001 Dec 1;240(1):254-61. doi: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0462.
Dev Biol. 2001.
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Loss of the endoplasmic reticulum resident chaperone calmegin leads to the production of sterile sperm that do not bind to the egg zona pellucida (M. Ikawa et al., 1997, Nature 387, 607-611). In the present study, we demonstrate that calmegin -/- sperm were defectiv …
Loss of the endoplasmic reticulum resident chaperone calmegin leads to the production of sterile sperm that do not bind to the egg zona pell …