Mucins are glycoproteins with a high molecular weight, produced by epithelial cells.
This recognition process might be mediated by receptors for carbohydrate moieties of surface glycoproteins.
These results indicate that the sugar residues of glycoproteins may play roles in promoting embryo maturation.
Inhibition of polyisoprenoid and glycoprotein synthesis causes abnormal embryonic development.
N-linked oligosaccharides are not involved in the function of a cell-cell binding glycoprotein.
This, in turn, affects the bioactivity of the glycoprotein.
Our comparatively low rates of polyspermy are consistent with all previous hypotheses regarding the effects of oviduct glycoproteins on the zona pellucida.
Thus, what glycoproteins are expressed and increased on the plasma membrane of the mouse oocyte?
