 Acrosome
"Acrosome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The cap-like structure covering the anterior portion of SPERM HEAD. Acrosome, derived from LYSOSOMES, is a membrane-bound organelle that contains the required hydrolytic and proteolytic enzymes necessary for sperm penetration of the egg in FERTILIZATION.
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D000177
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.490.890.820.100 A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.550.040 A11.497.760.400.100
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Acrosome" by people in Profiles.
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Funaki T, Kon S, Tanabe K, Natsume W, Sato S, Shimizu T, Yoshida N, Wong WF, Ogura A, Ogawa T, Inoue K, Ogonuki N, Miki H, Mochida K, Endoh K, Yomogida K, Fukumoto M, Horai R, Iwakura Y, Ito C, Toshimori K, Watanabe T, Satake M. The Arf GAP SMAP2 is necessary for organized vesicle budding from the trans-Golgi network and subsequent acrosome formation in spermiogenesis. Mol Biol Cell. 2013 Sep; 24(17):2633-44.
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Rodr?guez-Miranda E, Buffone MG, Edwards SE, Ord TS, Lin K, Sammel MD, Gerton GL, Moss SB, Williams CJ. Extracellular adenosine 5'-triphosphate alters motility and improves the fertilizing capability of mouse sperm. Biol Reprod. 2008 07; 79(1):164-71.
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Kitamura K, Iguchi N, Kaneko Y, Tanaka H, Nishimune Y. Characterization of a novel postacrosomal perinuclear theca-specific protein, CYPT1. Biol Reprod. 2004 Dec; 71(6):1927-35.
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Stith BJ, Goalstone M, Silva S, Jaynes C. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate mass changes from fertilization through first cleavage in Xenopus laevis. Mol Biol Cell. 1993 Apr; 4(4):435-43.
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Motta P, Van Blerkom J. A scanning electron microscopic study of rabbit spermatozoa in the female reproductive tract following coitus. Cell Tissue Res. 1975 Nov 17; 163(1):29-44.
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