A protein from abalone sperm dissolves the egg vitelline layer by a nonenzymatic mechanism.
D000177:Acrosome / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008970:Molecular Weight; D008974:Mollusca / Q000502:physiology*; D009088:Mucoproteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D010063:Ovum / Q000502:physiology*; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014817:Vitelline Membrane / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure
D009088:Mucoproteins; C010393:lysin, gastropoda