Term Information

Accession
GO:0007339
Name
binding of sperm to zona pellucida
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
ZPG binding
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process in which the sperm binds to the zona pellucida glycoprotein layer of the egg. The process begins with the attachment of the sperm plasma membrane to the zona pellucida and includes attachment of the acrosome inner membrane to the zona pellucida after the acrosomal reaction takes place. Source: GOC:dph, ISBN:0878932437
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0007339 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of binding of sperm to zona pellucida (GO:0007339)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
binding of sperm to zona pellucida [is_a relation] is_a  sperm-egg recognition (GO:0035036)
Children of binding of sperm to zona pellucida (GO:0007339)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
negative regulation of binding of sperm to zona pellucida (GO:2000360) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  binding of sperm to zona pellucida
regulation of binding of sperm to zona pellucida (GO:2000359) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  binding of sperm to zona pellucida
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