Cylicins are a structural component of the sperm calyx being indispensable for male fertility in mice and human.
Schneider S, Kovacevic A, Mayer M, Dicke AK, Arévalo L, Koser SA, Hansen JN, Young S, Brenker C, Kliesch S, Wachten D, Kirfel G, Strünker T, Tüttelmann F, Schorle H.
Schneider S, et al.
Elife. 2023 Nov 28;12:RP86100. doi: 10.7554/eLife.86100.
Elife. 2023.
PMID: 38013430
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Sperm have a very distinctive shape with a head and a long tail that enables them to swim towards an egg. At the front of the sperm's head is a pointed structure known as the acrosome that helps the sperm to burrow into an egg cell. ...To investigate the role of the Cylici …
Sperm have a very distinctive shape with a head and a long tail that enables them to swim towards an egg. At the front of the sperm's …