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premature acrosome loss

Term Information

Accession
GO:0061948
Name
premature acrosome loss
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
spontaneous acrosome loss
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The discharge, by sperm, of a single, anterior secretory granule before the sperm reaches to the zona pellucida of the oocyte. The process begins with the fusion of the outer acrosomal membrane with the sperm plasma membrane and ends with the exocytosis of the acrosomal contents. Source: PMID:26655718, PMID:19153666, PMID:21380641
Comment
If the release of the acrosome content when the sperm reaches to the zona pellucida, consider using acrosome reaction.
History
See term history for GO:0061948 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of premature acrosome loss (GO:0061948)
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premature acrosome loss [is_a relation] is_a  reproductive process (GO:0022414)
Children of premature acrosome loss (GO:0061948)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
negative regulation of premature acrosome loss (GO:0061950) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  premature acrosome loss
regulation of premature acrosome loss (GO:0061949) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  premature acrosome loss
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