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2021 , Vol. 12 >Issue 10: 810 - 817

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13238-021-00825-y

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Cooperation-based sperm clusters mediate sperm oviduct entry and fertilization

  • Yongcun Qu 1,2 ,
  • Qi Chen 3 ,
  • Shanshan Guo 1,2 ,
  • Chiyuan Ma 1 ,
  • Yonggang Lu 4 ,
  • Junchao Shi 3 ,
  • Shichao Liu 3 ,
  • Tong Zhou 5 ,
  • Taichi Noda 4 ,
  • Jingjing Qian 1,2 ,
  • Liwen Zhang 1,2 ,
  • Xili Zhu 1 ,
  • Xiaohua Lei 1 ,
  • Yujing Cao 1 ,
  • Wei Li 1,9 ,
  • Wei Li 1,9 ,
  • Nicolas Plachta 6 ,
  • Martin M. Matzuk 7 ,
  • Masahito Ikawa 4 ,
  • Enkui Duan , 1,9 ,
  • Ying Zhang , 1,8,9,10 ,
  • Hongmei Wang , 1,2,9
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3. Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
  • 4. Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
  • 5. Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Reno School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
  • 6. Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, Singapore, Singapore
  • 7. Center for Drug Discovery, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
  • 8. Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
  • 9. Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 10. The Key Laboratory of Cell Proliferation and Regulation Biology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Cell Biology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

Accepted date: 12 Jan 2021

Published date: 15 Oct 2021

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Yongcun Qu , Qi Chen , Shanshan Guo , Chiyuan Ma , Yonggang Lu , Junchao Shi , Shichao Liu , Tong Zhou , Taichi Noda , Jingjing Qian , Liwen Zhang , Xili Zhu , Xiaohua Lei , Yujing Cao , Wei Li , Wei Li , Nicolas Plachta , Martin M. Matzuk , Masahito Ikawa , Enkui Duan , Ying Zhang , Hongmei Wang . Cooperation-based sperm clusters mediate sperm oviduct entry and fertilization[J]. Protein & Cell, 2021 , 12(10) : 810 -817 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-021-00825-y

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