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2013: Paul M Wassarman; Eveline S Litscher
Biogenesis of the mouse egg's extracellular coat, the zona pellucida.
Current topics in developmental biology 2013;102():243-66.
2012: Paul M Wassarman; Eveline S Litscher
Influence of the zona pellucida of the mouse egg on folliculogenesis and fertility.
The International journal of developmental biology 2012;56(10-12):833-9.
2011: Paul M Wassarman
Development. The sperm's sweet tooth.
Science (New York, N.Y.) 2011;333(6050):1708-9.
2010: Paul M Wassarman; Eveline S Litscher
Egg's ZP3 structure speaks volumes.
Cell 2010;143(3):337-8.
2010: Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
Isolation and manipulation of mouse gametes and embryos.
Methods in enzymology 2010;476():73-84.
2009: Paul M Wassarman; Eveline S Litscher
The multifunctional zona pellucida and mammalian fertilization.
Journal of reproductive immunology 2009;83(1-2):45-9.
2009: Eveline S Litscher; Zev Williams; Paul M Wassarman
Zona pellucida glycoprotein ZP3 and fertilization in mammals.
Molecular reproduction and development 2009;76(10):933-41.
2009: Paul M Wassarman
Mammalian fertilization: the strange case of sperm protein 56.
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology 2009;31(2):153-8.
2008: Paul M Wassarman
Fertilization: Welcome to the fold.
Nature 2008;456(7222):586-7.
2008: Paul M Wassarman
Zona pellucida glycoproteins.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2008;283(36):24285-9.
2008: Costel C Darie; william janssen; Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
Purified trout egg vitelline envelope proteins VEbeta and VEgamma polymerize into homomeric fibrils from dimers in vitro.
Biochimica et biophysica acta 2008;1784(2):385-92.
2008: Paul M Wassarman; Victor D Vacquier
Fertilization. Preface.
The International journal of developmental biology 2008;52(5-6):412.
2008: Paul M Wassarman; Eveline S Litscher
Mammalian fertilization is dependent on multiple membrane fusion events.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2008;475():99-113.
2008: Paul M Wassarman; Eveline S Litscher
Mammalian fertilization: the egg's multifunctional zona pellucida.
The International journal of developmental biology 2008;52(5-6):665-76.
2008: Eveline S Litscher; william janssen; Costel C Darie; Paul M Wassarman
Purified mouse egg zona pellucida glycoproteins polymerize into homomeric fibrils under non-denaturing conditions.
Journal of cellular physiology 2008;214(1):153-7.
2007: Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
Egg extracellular coat proteins: from fish to mammals.
Histology and histopathology 2007;22(3):337-47.
2007: Luca Jovine; Huayu Qi; Zev Williams; Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
Features that affect secretion and assembly of zona pellucida glycoproteins during mammalian oogenesis.
Society of Reproduction and Fertility supplement 2007;63():187-201.
2006: Zev Williams; Eveline S Litscher; Luca Jovine; Paul M Wassarman
Polypeptide encoded by mouse ZP3 exon-7 is necessary and sufficient for binding of mouse sperm in vitro.
Journal of cellular physiology 2006;207(1):30-9.
2006: Luca Jovine; william janssen; Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
The PLAC1-homology region of the ZP domain is sufficient for protein polymerisation.
BMC biochemistry 2006;7():11.
2005: Costel C Darie; Martin L Biniossek; Mary Ann Gawinowicz; Yelena Milgrom; Joerg O Thumfart; Luca Jovine; Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
Mass spectrometric evidence that proteolytic processing of rainbow trout egg vitelline envelope proteins takes place on the egg.
The Journal of biological chemistry 2005;280(45):37585-98.
2005: Paul M Wassarman
Contribution of mouse egg zona pellucida glycoproteins to gamete recognition during fertilization.
Journal of cellular physiology 2005;204(2):388-91.
2005: Paul M Wassarman; Luca Jovine; Huayu Qi; Zev Williams; Costel C Darie; Eveline S Litscher
Recent aspects of mammalian fertilization research.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology 2005;234(1-2):95-103.
2005: Luca Jovine; Costel C Darie; Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
Zona pellucida domain proteins.
Annual review of biochemistry 2005;74():83-114.
2004: Paul M Wassarman; Luca Jovine; Eveline S Litscher; Huayu Qi; Zev Williams
Egg-sperm interactions at fertilization in mammals.
European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology 2004;115 Suppl 1():S57-60.
2004: Costel C Darie; Martin L Biniossek; Luca Jovine; Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
Structural characterization of fish egg vitelline envelope proteins by mass spectrometry.
Biochemistry 2004;43(23):7459-78.
2004: Luca Jovine; Huayu Qi; Zev Williams; Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
A duplicated motif controls assembly of zona pellucida domain proteins.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2004;101(16):5922-7.
2004: Paul M Wassarman; Luca Jovine; Eveline S Litscher
Mouse zona pellucida genes and glycoproteins.
Cytogenetic and genome research 2004;105(2-4):228-34.
2003: Zev Williams; Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
Conversion of Ser to Thr residues at the sperm combining-site of mZP3 does not affect sperm receptor activity.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2003;301(4):813-8.
2002: Luca Jovine; Jong Park; Paul M Wassarman
Sequence similarity between stereocilin and otoancorin points to a unified mechanism for mechanotransduction in the mammalian inner ear.
BMC cell biology 2002;3():28.
2002: Luca Jovine; Huayu Qi; Zev Williams; Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
The ZP domain is a conserved module for polymerization of extracellular proteins.
Nature cell biology 2002;4(6):457-61.
2002: Paul M Wassarman
Sperm receptors and fertilization in mammals.
The Mount Sinai journal of medicine, New York 2002;69(3):148-55.
2002: Huayu Qi; Zev Williams; Paul M Wassarman
Secretion and assembly of zona pellucida glycoproteins by growing mouse oocytes microinjected with epitope-tagged cDNAs for mZP2 and mZP3.
Molecular biology of the cell 2002;13(2):530-41.
2001: Paul M Wassarman; Luca Jovine; Eveline S Litscher
A profile of fertilization in mammals.
Nature cell biology 2001;3(2):E59-64.
2001: Zev Williams; Paul M Wassarman
Secretion of mouse ZP3, the sperm receptor, requires cleavage of its polypeptide at a consensus furin cleavage-site.
Biochemistry 2001;40(4):929-37.
2001: Paul M Wassarman; Eveline S Litscher
Multiple functions of mouse zona pellucida glycoprotein mZP3, the sperm receptor.
Italian journal of anatomy and embryology = Archivio italiano di anatomia ed embriologia 2001;106(2 Suppl 2):21-32.
2001: N Cohen; Paul M Wassarman
Association of egg zona pellucida glycoprotein mZP3 with sperm protein sp56 during fertilization in mice.
The International journal of developmental biology 2001;45(3):569-76.
2001: Paul M Wassarman; Eveline S Litscher
Towards the molecular basis of sperm and egg interaction during mammalian fertilization.
Cells, tissues, organs 2001;168(1-2):36-45.
1999: Paul M Wassarman; J Chen; N Cohen; Eveline S Litscher; Chunhai Liu; Huayu Qi; Zev Williams
Structure and function of the mammalian egg zona pellucida.
The Journal of experimental zoology 1999;285(3):251-8.
1999: Eveline S Litscher; Chunhai Liu; Y Echelard; Paul M Wassarman
Zona pellucida glycoprotein mZP3 produced in milk of transgenic mice is active as a sperm receptor, but can be lethal to newborns.
Transgenic research 1999;8(5):361-9.
1999: Eveline S Litscher; Huayu Qi; Paul M Wassarman
Mouse zona pellucida glycoproteins mZP2 and mZP3 undergo carboxy-terminal proteolytic processing in growing oocytes.
Biochemistry 1999;38(38):12280-7.
1999: Paul M Wassarman
The Parkes Lecture. Zona pellucida glycoprotein mZP3: a versatile player during mammalian fertilization.
Journal of reproduction and fertility 1999;116(2):211-6.
1999: Paul M Wassarman
Mammalian fertilization: molecular aspects of gamete adhesion, exocytosis, and fusion.
Cell 1999;96(2):175-83.
1999: Huayu Qi; Paul M Wassarman
Secretion of zona pellucida glycoprotein mZP2 by growing oocytes from mZP3(+/+) and mZP3(-/-) mice.
Developmental genetics 1999;25(2):95-102.
1999: Paul M Wassarman
Fertilization in animals.
Developmental genetics 1999;25(2):83-6.
1998: J Chen; Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
Inactivation of the mouse sperm receptor, mZP3, by site-directed mutagenesis of individual serine residues located at the combining site for sperm.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1998;95(11):6193-7.
1998: Paul M Wassarman; Chunhai Liu; J Chen; Huayu Qi; Eveline S Litscher
Ovarian development in mice bearing homozygous or heterozygous null mutations in zona pellucida glycoprotein gene mZP3.
Histology and histopathology 1998;13(1):293-300.
1997: Paul M Wassarman; Huayu Qi; Eveline S Litscher
Mutant female mice carrying a single mZP3 allele produce eggs with a thin zona pellucida, but reproduce normally.
Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 1997;264(1380):323-8.
1997: Chunhai Liu; Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
Zona pellucida glycoprotein mZP3 bioactivity is not dependent on the extent of glycosylation of its polypeptide or on sulfation and sialylation of its oligosaccharides.
Journal of cell science 1997;110 ( Pt 6)():745-52.
1996: Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
Recombinant hamster sperm receptors that exhibit species-specific binding to sperm.
Zygote (Cambridge, England) 1996;4(3):229-36.
1996: Paul M Wassarman; Chunhai Liu; Eveline S Litscher
Constructing the mammalian egg zona pellucida: some new pieces of an old puzzle.
Journal of cell science 1996;109 ( Pt 8)():2001-4.
1996: Chunhai Liu; Eveline S Litscher; S Mortillo; Y Sakai; R A Kinloch; Colin L Stewart; Paul M Wassarman
Targeted disruption of the mZP3 gene results in production of eggs lacking a zona pellucida and infertility in female mice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1996;93(11):5431-6.
1996: Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
Characterization of mouse ZP3-derived glycopeptide, gp55, that exhibits sperm receptor and acrosome reaction-inducing activity in vitro.
Biochemistry 1996;35(13):3980-5.
1995: Paul M Wassarman
Towards molecular mechanisms for gamete adhesion and fusion during mammalian fertilization.
Current opinion in cell biology 1995;7(5):658-64.
1995: Chunhai Liu; Eveline S Litscher; Paul M Wassarman
Transgenic mice with reduced numbers of functional sperm receptors on their eggs reproduce normally.
Molecular biology of the cell 1995;6(5):577-85.
1995: Eveline S Litscher; K Juntunen; A Seppo; Leena Penttilä; Ritva Niemelä; Ossi Renkonen; Paul M Wassarman
Oligosaccharide constructs with defined structures that inhibit binding of mouse sperm to unfertilized eggs in vitro.
Biochemistry 1995;34(14):4662-9.
1995: Paul M Wassarman
Mammalian fertilization: egg and sperm (glyco)proteins that support gamete adhesion.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) 1995;33(3):253-8.
1995: R A Kinloch; Y Sakai; Paul M Wassarman
Mapping the mouse ZP3 combining site for sperm by exon swapping and site-directed mutagenesis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1995;92(1):263-7.
1995: Paul M Wassarman; Eveline S Litscher
Sperm--egg recognition mechanisms in mammals.
Current topics in developmental biology 1995;30():1-19.
1994: A Cheng; T Le; M Palacios; L H Bookbinder; Paul M Wassarman; F Suzuki; J D Bleil
Sperm-egg recognition in the mouse: characterization of sp56, a sperm protein having specific affinity for ZP3.
The Journal of cell biology 1994;125(4):867-78.
1993: sergio lira; M Schickler; Paul M Wassarman
cis-acting DNA elements involved in oocyte-specific expression of mouse sperm receptor gene mZP3 are located close to the gene's transcription start site.
Molecular reproduction and development 1993;36(4):494-9.
1993: W G Richards; P M Carroll; R A Kinloch; Paul M Wassarman; Sidney Strickland
Creating maternal effect mutations in transgenic mice: antisense inhibition of an oocyte gene product.
Developmental biology 1993;160(2):543-53.
1993: R A Kinloch; R J Roller; Paul M Wassarman
Quantitative analysis of specific messenger RNAs by ribonuclease protection.
Methods in enzymology 1993;225():294-303.
1992: T K Rosiere; Paul M Wassarman
Identification of a region of mouse zona pellucida glycoprotein mZP3 that possesses sperm receptor activity.
Developmental biology 1992;154(2):309-17.
1992: Paul M Wassarman; R A Kinloch
Gene expression during oogenesis in mice.
Mutation research 1992;296(1-2):3-15.
1992: R A Kinloch; S Mortillo; Paul M Wassarman
Transgenic mouse eggs with functional hamster sperm receptors in their zona pellucida.
Development (Cambridge, England) 1992;115(4):937-46.
1992: Paul M Wassarman
Mouse gamete adhesion molecules.
Biology of reproduction 1992;46(2):186-91.
1992: M Schickler; sergio lira; R A Kinloch; Paul M Wassarman
A mouse oocyte-specific protein that binds to a region of mZP3 promoter responsible for oocyte-specific mZP3 gene expression.
Molecular and cellular biology 1992;12(1):120-7.
1991: R A Kinloch; S Mortillo; Colin L Stewart; Paul M Wassarman
Embryonal carcinoma cells transfected with ZP3 genes differentially glycosylate similar polypeptides and secrete active mouse sperm receptor.
The Journal of cell biology 1991;115(3):655-64.
1991: S Mortillo; Paul M Wassarman
Differential binding of gold-labeled zona pellucida glycoproteins mZP2 and mZP3 to mouse sperm membrane compartments.
Development (Cambridge, England) 1991;113(1):141-9.
1991: R A Kinloch; B Ruiz-Seiler; Paul M Wassarman
Genomic organization and polypeptide primary structure of zona pellucida glycoprotein hzp3, the hamster sperm receptor.
Developmental biology 1991;145(1):203-4.
1991: Paul M Wassarman
Construction of the zona pellucida during production of fertilizable mouse eggs.
Bulletin de l'Association des anatomistes 1991;75(228):115-7.
1991: Paul M Wassarman; S Mortillo
Structure of the mouse egg extracellular coat, the zona pellucida.
International review of cytology 1991;130():85-110.
1990: R A Kinloch; B Ruiz-Seiler; Paul M Wassarman
Genomic organization and polypeptide primary structure of zona pellucida glycoprotein hZP3, the hamster sperm receptor.
Developmental biology 1990;142(2):414-21.
1990: sergio lira; R A Kinloch; S Mortillo; Paul M Wassarman
An upstream region of the mouse ZP3 gene directs expression of firefly luciferase specifically to growing oocytes in transgenic mice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1990;87(18):7215-9.
1990: J D Bleil; Paul M Wassarman
Identification of a ZP3-binding protein on acrosome-intact mouse sperm by photoaffinity crosslinking.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1990;87(14):5563-7.
1990: C C Moller; J D Bleil; R A Kinloch; Paul M Wassarman
Structural and functional relationships between mouse and hamster zona pellucida glycoproteins.
Developmental biology 1990;137(2):276-86.
1990: Paul M Wassarman
Profile of a mammalian sperm receptor.
Development (Cambridge, England) 1990;108(1):1-17.
1990: Paul M Wassarman
Regulation of mammalian fertilization by zona pellucida glycoproteins.
Journal of reproduction and fertility. Supplement 1990;42():79-87.
1989: R A Kinloch; Paul M Wassarman
Profile of a mammalian sperm receptor gene.
The New biologist 1989;1(3):232-8.
1989: J Brown; Judith Cebra-Thomas; J D Bleil; Paul M Wassarman; Lee M Silver
A premature acrosome reaction is programmed by mouse t haplotypes during sperm differentiation and could play a role in transmission ratio distortion.
Development (Cambridge, England) 1989;106(4):769-73.
1989: R J Roller; R A Kinloch; B Y Hiraoka; S S Li; Paul M Wassarman
Gene expression during mammalian oogenesis and early embryogenesis: quantification of three messenger RNAs abundant in fully grown mouse oocytes.
Development (Cambridge, England) 1989;106(2):251-61.
1989: R A Kinloch; Paul M Wassarman
Nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding zona pellucida glycoprotein ZP3--the mouse sperm receptor.
Nucleic acids research 1989;17(7):2861-3.
1989: M H Vazquez; D M Phillips; Paul M Wassarman
Interaction of mouse sperm with purified sperm receptors covalently linked to silica beads.
Journal of cell science 1989;92 ( Pt 4)():713-22.
1989: C C Moller; Paul M Wassarman
Characterization of a proteinase that cleaves zona pellucida glycoprotein ZP2 following activation of mouse eggs.
Developmental biology 1989;132(1):103-12.
1989: Paul M Wassarman
Role of carbohydrates in receptor-mediated fertilization in mammals.
Ciba Foundation symposium 1989;145():135-49; discussion 149-55.
1988: Paul M Wassarman
Fertilization in mammals.
Scientific American 1988;259(6):78-84.
1988: J D Bleil; Paul M Wassarman
Galactose at the nonreducing terminus of O-linked oligosaccharides of mouse egg zona pellucida glycoprotein ZP3 is essential for the glycoprotein's sperm receptor activity.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1988;85(18):6778-82.
1988: R A Kinloch; R J Roller; C M Fimiani; D A Wassarman; Paul M Wassarman
Primary structure of the mouse sperm receptor polypeptide determined by genomic cloning.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1988;85(17):6409-13.
1988: J D Bleil; J M Greve; Paul M Wassarman
Identification of a secondary sperm receptor in the mouse egg zona pellucida: role in maintenance of binding of acrosome-reacted sperm to eggs.
Developmental biology 1988;128(2):376-85.
1988: Paul M Wassarman
Zona pellucida glycoproteins.
Annual review of biochemistry 1988;57():415-42.
1987: Lorraine E Chalifour; D O Wirak; Ulla Hansen; Paul M Wassarman; M L DePamphilis
cis- and trans-acting sequences required for expression of simian virus 40 genes in mouse oocytes.
Genes & development 1987;1(10):1096-106.
1986: Lorraine E Chalifour; D O Wirak; Paul M Wassarman; M L DePamphilis
Expression of simian virus 40 early and late genes in mouse oocytes and embryos.
Journal of virology 1986;59(3):619-27.
1986: J D Bleil; Paul M Wassarman
Autoradiographic visualization of the mouse egg's sperm receptor bound to sperm.
The Journal of cell biology 1986;102(4):1363-71.
1986: Paul M Wassarman; J D Bleil; H M Florman; J M Greve; R J Roller; G S Salzmann
Nature of the mouse egg's receptor for sperm.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology 1986;207():55-77.
1985: D O Wirak; Lorraine E Chalifour; Paul M Wassarman; William J Muller; John A Hassell; M L DePamphilis
Sequence-dependent DNA replication in preimplantation mouse embryos.
Molecular and cellular biology 1985;5(11):2924-35.
1985: H M Florman; Paul M Wassarman
O-linked oligosaccharides of mouse egg ZP3 account for its sperm receptor activity.
Cell 1985;41(1):313-24.
1985: Paul M Wassarman; J D Bleil; H M Florman; J M Greve; R J Roller; G S Salzmann; F G Samuels
The mouse egg's receptor for sperm: what is it and how does it work?
Cold Spring Harbor symposia on quantitative biology 1985;50():11-9.
1984: H M Florman; K B Bechtol; Paul M Wassarman
Enzymatic dissection of the functions of the mouse egg's receptor for sperm.
Developmental biology 1984;106(1):243-55.
1983: R J Roller; Paul M Wassarman
Role of asparagine-linked oligosaccharides in secretion of glycoproteins of the mouse egg's extracellular coat.
The Journal of biological chemistry 1983;258(21):13243-9.
1983: J D Bleil; Paul M Wassarman
Sperm-egg interactions in the mouse: sequence of events and induction of the acrosome reaction by a zona pellucida glycoprotein.
Developmental biology 1983;95(2):317-24.
1983: G S Salzmann; J M Greve; R J Roller; Paul M Wassarman
Biosynthesis of the sperm receptor during oogenesis in the mouse.
The EMBO journal 1983;2(9):1451-6.
1982: J M Greve; G S Salzmann; R J Roller; Paul M Wassarman
Biosynthesis of the major zona pellucida glycoprotein secreted by oocytes during mammalian oogenesis.
Cell 1982;31(3 Pt 2):749-59.
1981: J D Bleil; C F Beall; Paul M Wassarman
Mammalian sperm-egg interaction: fertilization of mouse eggs triggers modification of the major zona pellucida glycoprotein, ZP2.
Developmental biology 1981;86(1):189-97.
1981: Paul M Wassarman; S C Mrozak
Program of early development in the mammal: synthesis and intracellular migration of histone H4 during oogenesis in the mouse.
Developmental biology 1981;84(2):364-71.
1980: J D Bleil; Paul M Wassarman
Mammalian sperm-egg interaction: identification of a glycoprotein in mouse egg zonae pellucidae possessing receptor activity for sperm.
Cell 1980;20(3):873-82.
1980: J D Bleil; Paul M Wassarman
Structure and function of the zona pellucida: identification and characterization of the proteins of the mouse oocyte's zona pellucida.
Developmental biology 1980;76(1):185-202.
1980: J D Bleil; Paul M Wassarman
Synthesis of zona pellucida proteins by denuded and follicle-enclosed mouse oocytes during culture in vitro.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 1980;77(2):1029-33.