Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to acrosomes

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word acrosomal.

Examples

  • Sperm with large, round heads may lack the acrosomal cap, the packet of enzymes that allow sperm to penetrate and fertilize the egg.

    A Baby at Last! Mark L. Fuerst 2010

  • Seminiferous tubules showed disruption of the normal spermatogenic cycle with abnormal acrosomal development on round spermatids, clumping of acrosomes, misaligned spermatids and the absence of normal elongated spermatids in Ehd1 -/- males.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Mark Rainey 2010

  • Huttner KM, Pudney J, Milstone DS, Ladd D, Seidman JG (1993) Flagellar and acrosomal abnormalities associated with testicular HSV-tk expression in the mouse.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Donna N. Douglas et al. 2010

  • A dose dependent increase in acrosomal exocytosis was observed when capacitated sperm were incubated with recombinant 'ZP domain' of human ZP1.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Anasua Ganguly 2010

  • FITC - labelled 'ZP domain' of ZP1 binds primarily to the acrosomal cap of the capacitated human spermatozoa.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Anasua Ganguly 2010

  • Seminiferous tubules showed disruption of the normal spermatogenic cycle with abnormal acrosomal development on round spermatids, clumping of acrosomes, misaligned spermatids and the absence of normal elongated spermatids in Ehd1 -/- males.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • Baculovirus-expressed, nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid affinity chromatography purified 'ZP domain' of human ZP1 was employed to assess its capability to bind and subsequently induce acrosomal exocytosis in capacitated human spermatozoa using tetramethyl rhodamine isothiocyanate conjugated Pisum sativum Agglutinin in absence or presence of various pharmacological inhibitors.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Anasua Ganguly 2010

  • Absence of CD46 protein expression is associated with acrosomal instability in rodents.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2009

  • Zhao L, Burkin HR, Shi X, Li L, Reim K, et al. (2007) Complexin I is required for mammalian sperm acrosomal exocytosis.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

  • Inhibitory effect of αSNAP. M105I on the acrosomal exocytosis of permeabilized normal mouse and human sperm.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.