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Yildiz Yildiz, Heidrun Matern, Bonne Thompson, Jeremy C. Allegood, Rebekkah L. Warren, Denise M.O. Ramirez, Robert E. Hammer, F. Kent Hamra, Siegfried Matern, David W. Russell
Published in Volume 116, Issue 11
J Clin Invest. 2006; 116(11):2985–2994 doi:10.1172/JCI29224
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Figure 4
Failure of sperm from Gba2–/– mice to bind the zona pellucida.

Cumulus enclosed oocytes from Gba2+/+ mice were incubated for 5 hours with either Gba2+/+ sperm (left panel) or Gba2–/– sperm (right panel) and then examined by light microscopy. Sperm from knockout mice were deficient in zona pellucida binding. Original magnification, ×160.