"Acrosome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The cap-like structure covering the anterior portion of SPERM HEAD. Acrosome, derived from LYSOSOMES, is a membrane-bound organelle that contains the required hydrolytic and proteolytic enzymes necessary for sperm penetration of the egg in FERTILIZATION.
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D000177
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.490.890.820.100 A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.550.040 A11.497.760.400.100
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Developmental expression of G protein alpha subunits in mouse spermatogenic cells: evidence that G alpha i is associated with the developing acrosome. Dev Biol. 1992 Aug; 152(2):393-402.