Acrosin, the peculiar sperm-specific serine protease

Transcriptional Regulation in Mammalian Cells by Sequence-Specific DNA Binding Proteins

1989 • 3,219 citations

Patterns of Amino Acids near Signal‐Sequence Cleavage Sites

1983 • 2,290 citations

The proline-rich transcriptional activator of CTF/NF-I is distinct from the replication and DNA binding domain

1989 • 781 citations

How signal sequences maintain cleavage specificity

1984 • 725 citations

The Biology and Chemistry of Fertilization

1987 • 395 citations

Helix-turn-helix, zinc-finger, and leucine-zipper motifs for eukaryotic transcriptional regulatory proteins

1989 • 306 citations

Enzymatic conversion of proteins to glycoproteins.

1977 • 295 citations

Activation of mammalian oocytes by a factor obtained from rabbit sperm

1990 • 198 citations

Boar proacrosin. Purification and preliminary activation studies of proacrosin isolated from ejaculated boar sperm.

1977 • 163 citations

Activation and maturation mechanisms of boar acrosin zymogen based on the deduced primary structure

1989 • 149 citations

INHIBITION OF FERTILIZATION IN VIVO BY PANCREATIC AND SEMINAL PLASMA TRYPSIN INHIBITORS

1971 • 141 citations

Carbohydrate-binding properties of boar sperm proacrosin and assessment of its role in sperm-egg recognition and adhesion during fertilization

1988 • 135 citations

Zona Pellucida Dissolution Enzymes of the Rabbit Sperm Head

1968 • 135 citations

Bovine factor X1 (Stuart factor): amino-acid sequence of heavey chain.

1975 • 113 citations

Characterization of bovine prothrombin mRNA and its translation product

1984 • 94 citations

Boar Acrosin

1973 • 94 citations

Zona Pellucida-Binding and Fucose-Binding of Boar Sperm Acrosin is Not Correlated with Proteolytic Activity

1988 • 93 citations

Complete amino acid sequence of bovine plasminogen. Comparison with human plasminogen

1985 • 87 citations

Acrosin biosynthesis in meiotic and postmelotic spermatogenic cells

1990 • 83 citations

Primary structure of human proacrosin deduced from its cDNA sequence

1989 • 70 citations

Molecular cloning of preproacrosin and analysis of its expression pattern in spermatogenesis

1989 • 67 citations

Evidence for the participation of two sperm proteases, spermosin and acrosin, in fertilization of the ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi: Inhibitory effects of leupeptin analogs on enzyme activities and fertilization

1984 • 52 citations

The histochemical localization of acrosin in guinea-pig sperm after the acrosome reaction

1978 • 50 citations

Proacrosin/acrosin during guinea pig spermatogenesis

1988 • 48 citations

Acrosin in the spermiohistogenesis of mammals

1983 • 46 citations

Effects of Acrosin Inhibitors on the Soluble and Membrane-Bound Forms of Ram Acrosin, and a Reappraisal of the Role of the Enzyme in Fertilization

1976 • 43 citations

Ultrastructure of human sperm acrosome and determination of acrosin activity under conditions of semen preservation.

1974 • 42 citations

Primary Structure of Mouse Proacrosin Deduced from the cDNA Sequence and Its Gene Expression during Spermatogenesis

1990 • 42 citations

Nucleotide sequence and exon‐intron organization of the human proacrosin gene

1990 • 41 citations

Rabbit testis proacrosin. Purification, molecular weight estimation, and amino acid and carbohydrate composition of the molecule.

1979 • 41 citations

Boar acrosin is a two-chain molecule. Isolation and primary structure of the light chain; homology with the pro-part of other serine proteinases

1984 • 39 citations

Mouse preproacrosin: cDNA sequence, primary structure and postmeiotic expression in spermatogenesis

1990 • 39 citations

Purification and Properties of Human Acrosin

1973 • 33 citations

Expression of Acrosin during Mouse Spermatogenesis: A Biochemical and Immunocytochemical Analysis by a Monoctonal Antibody C 11 H1

1986 • 33 citations

Boar Acrosin. Isolation of Two Active Forms from Boar Ejaculated Sperm

1982 • 32 citations

Boar proacrosin is a single‐chain molecule which has the N‐terminus of the acrosin A‐chain (light chain)

1988 • 32 citations

Molecular cloning of human preproacrosin cDNA

1990 • 32 citations

Acrosin and the acrosome in human spermatogenesis

1983 • 32 citations

Studies on ram acrosin. Activation of proacrosin accompanying the isolation of acrosin from spermatozoa, and purification of the enzyme by affinity chromatography

1978 • 28 citations

Kausal-analytische Studien über die Befruchtung des Kanincheneies

1935 • 27 citations

Complete localization of the disulfide bridges and glycosylation sites in boar sperm acrosin

1990 • 25 citations

Partial Purification and Characterization of Human Sperminogen1

1987 • 25 citations

N-Terminal Amino Acid Sequence of Boar Sperm Acrosin. Homology with Other Serine Proteinases

1980 • 24 citations

Proacrosin/acrosin activity during spermiohistogenesis of the bull

1983 • 22 citations

Boar acrosin. Association of an endogenous membrane proteinase with phospholipid membranes.

1981 • 21 citations

Phospholipid vesicle stimulation of proacrosin activation.

1978 • 20 citations

Interactions of Boar Acrosin with Detergents

1980 • 16 citations

Isolation of the Boar Sperm Acrosin Peptide Released during the Conversion of α-Form into β-Form

1989 • 15 citations

Caprine acrosin. Purification, characterization and proteolysis of the porcine zona pellucida

1989 • 14 citations

The amino terminal sequences of boar sperm proacrosin and active acrosin are identical

1984 • 5 citations