Oviductin sets the species-specificity of the mammalian zona pellucida
Daniel de la Fuente, María Maroto, Yulia Nathaly Cajas, Karina Cañón-Beltrán, Raúl Fernández‐González, Ana Munoz‐Maceda, Juana M. Sánchez-Puig, Rafael Blasco, Paula Cots, Manuel Avilés, Dimitrios V. Rizos, Alfonso Gutiérrez‐Adán
The paper shows that OVGP1, an oviductal glycoprotein, confers species-specificity to the zona pellucida by modulating sperm-oocyte binding.
eLife · Jun 9, 2025Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology