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Science 18 July 1980:
Vol. 209. no. 4454, pp. 398 - 400
DOI: 10.1126/science.6992277
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Science, Vol 209, Issue 4454, 398-400
Copyright © 1980 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Ultrastructural demonstration of trypsin-like protease in acrosomes of sea urchin sperm

JD Green and RG Summers

Two independent cytochemical techniques were used to demonstrate that a trypsin-like protease is bound to the acrosomal tubule of the sea urchin sperm. The enzyme is associated with binding on the reacted acrosome and presumably functions in the early phases of fertilization.




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