Publications

• 1997 - Journal Articles
  • Cho, C., Turner, L., Primakoff, P. and Myles, D.G. 1997. Genomic organization of the mouse fertilin beta gene that encodes an ADAM family protein active in sperm-egg fusion. Dev. Genetics. 20: 320-8.
  • Meyers, S.A., Yudin, A.I., Cherr, G.N., VandeVoort, C.A., Myles, D.G., Primakoff, P. and Overstreet, J.W. 1997. Hyaluronidase activity of macaque sperm assessed by an in vitro cumulus penetration assay. Mol. Reprod. Dev. 46: 392-400.
  • Myles, D.G. and Primakoff, P. 1997. Why did the sperm cross the cumulus? To get to the oocyte. Functions of the sperm surface proteins PH-20 and fertilin in arriving at, and fusing with, the egg. Biol. Reprod. 56: 320-7.
  • Cowan, A.E., Nakhimovsky, L., Myles, D.G. and Koppel, D.E. 1997. Barriers to diffusion of plasma membrane proteins form early during guinea pig spermiogenesis. Biophys. J. 73: 507-16.
  • Hunnicutt, G.R., Koppel, D.E. and Myles, D.G. 1997. Analysis of the process of localization of fertilin to the sperm posterior head plasma membrane domain during sperm maturation in the epididymis. Dev. Biol. 191: 146-59.
  • Shilling, F.M., Kratzschmar, J., Cai, H., Weskamp, G., Gayko, U., Leibow, J., Myles, D.G., Nuccitelli, R. and Blobel, C.P. 1997. Identification of metalloprotease/disintegrins in Xenopus laevis testis with a potential role in fertilization. Dev. Biol. 186: 155-64.
  • Tung, K.S., Primakoff, P., Woolman-Gamer, L. and Myles, D.G. 1997. Mechanism of infertility in male guinea pigs immunized with sperm PH-20. Biol. Reprod. 56: 1133-41.
  • Primakoff, P., Woolman-Gamer, L., Tung, K.S. and Myles, D.G. 1997. Reversible contraceptive effect of PH-20 immunization in male guinea pigs. Biol. Reprod. 56: 1142-6.
  • Yuan, R., Primakoff, P. and Myles, D.G. 1997. A role for the disintegrin domain of cyritestin, a sperm surface protein belonging to the ADAM family, in mouse sperm-egg plasma membrane adhesion and fusion. J. Cell Biol. 137: 105-12.
  • Pyluck, A., Yuan, R., Galligan, E., Primakoff, P., Myles, D.G. and Sampson, N.S. 1997. ECD peptides inhibit in vitro fertilization in mice. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 7: 1053-1058.
  • Cho, C., Myles, D.G. and Primakoff, P. 1997. A PCR method for distinguishing cells from mouse strains 129 and C57BL/6 for gene knockout studies. Technical Tips Online
  • Myles, D.G., Cho, C., Yuan, R., Primakoff, P. A current model for the role of ADAM and integrins in sperm-egg membrane binding and fusion in mammals. In "The Spematozoon: a guide from basic knowledge to clinical applications". Ed. Claude Gagnon in press.
  • Primakoff, P. and D.G. Myles 1997 ADAMs In"Guidebook to the Extracellular Matrix and Adhesion Proteins" (eds. T. Kreis and R. Vale) In press
  • Primakoff, P. and D.G. Myles 1997 PH-20 In" Guidebook to the Extracellular Matrix and Adhesion Proteins" (eds. T. Kreis and R. Vale) In press
• 1998 - Journal Articles
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