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SUBMITTER: Jankovicova J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7062741 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jankovicova J J Frolikova M M Palenikova V V Valaskova E E Cerny J J Secova P P Bartokova M M Horovska L L Manaskova-Postlerova P P Antalikova J J Komrskova K K
Scientific reports 20200309 1
The physiological importance of CD151 tetraspanin is known from somatic cells and its outside-in signalling through integrins was described. In male germ cells, two tetraspanins, CD9 and CD81, are involved in sperm-egg membrane fusion, and similarly to integrins, they occupy characteristic regions. We report here on a newly discovered presence of CD151 in sperm, and present its expression and distribution during spermatogenesis and sperm transition during the acrosome reaction. We traced CD151 g ...[more]