Term Information

Accession
GO:0007342
Name
fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane involved in single fertilization
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
sperm-oocyte fusion
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The binding and fusion of a sperm, with the plasma membrane of the oocyte as part of the process of single fertilization. In sperm with flagella, binding occurs at the posterior (post-acrosomal) region of the sperm head. Source: http://arbl.cvmbs.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/reprod/fert/fert.html, GOC:dph, GOC:jl
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0007342 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane involved in single fertilization (GO:0007342)
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fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane involved in single fertilization [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  single fertilization (GO:0007338)
fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane involved in single fertilization [is_a relation] is_a  cellular process involved in reproduction in multicellular organism (GO:0022412)
fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane involved in single fertilization [is_a relation] is_a  plasma membrane fusion (GO:0045026)
Children of fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane involved in single fertilization (GO:0007342)
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negative regulation of fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane (GO:0043013) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane involved in single fertilization
regulation of fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane (GO:0043012) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  fusion of sperm to egg plasma membrane involved in single fertilization
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