dc.publisher: Nature Publishing Group og:image: http://www.nature.com/article-assets/npg/ncomms/2016/161219/ncomms13726/images/m685/ncomms13726-f1.jpg twitter:card: summary WT.cg_s: Article og:site_name: Nature Communications citation_reference: citation_title=Polyspermy in in vitro fertilization of human oocytes: frequency and possible causes; citation_author=H. H. van der Ven; citation_journal_title=Ann. NY Acad. Sci.; citation_volume=442; citation_pages=88-95; citation_publication_date=1985 citation_journal_title: Nature Communications dc.rights: © 2017 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved. WT.site_id: 18696 og:description: Mammalian eggs release cortical granules to avoid being fertilized by more than a single sperm as polyspermy results in nonviable embryos. Here, the authors describe the mechanism driving translocation of the granules to the cortex in the mouse egg and show this process is essential to prevent polyspermy. WT.cg_n: Nature Communications citation_issn: 2041-1723 WT.z_subject_term_id: actin;motor-proteins;reproductive-biology;secretion dc:title: Two pathways regulate cortical granule translocation to prevent polyspermy in mouse oocytes : Nature Communications citation_language: en Content-Encoding: UTF-8 WT.z_cg_type: Nature Research Journals robots: noarchive WT.z_primary_atype: Research citation_fulltext_world_readable: citation_author: Liam P. Cheeseman WT.z_subject_term: Actin;Motor proteins;Reproductive biology;Secretion dc.date: 2016-12-19 WT.z_bandiera_feature: reading_companion_default_sections WT.template: mosaic citation_doi: doi:10.1038/ncomms13726 dc.title: Two pathways regulate cortical granule translocation to prevent polyspermy in mouse oocytes citation_volume: 7 dc.language: en dc.dateSubmitted: 2016-06-12 Content-Language: en msapplication-TileImage: /public/journals/resources/nature-logo-transparent-144x144-14ac04c24bf5303a89cf372903a0b48f.png citation_publication_date: 2016/12/19 citation_title: Two pathways regulate cortical granule translocation to prevent polyspermy in mouse oocytes citation_author_institution: Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK access: Yes citation_publisher: Nature Publishing Group dc.dateAccepted: 2016-10-27 description: Mammalian eggs release cortical granules to avoid being fertilized by more than a single sperm as polyspermy results in nonviable embryos. title: Two pathways regulate cortical granule translocation to prevent polyspermy in mouse oocytes : Nature Communications twitter:image: http://www.nature.com/article-assets/npg/ncomms/2016/161219/ncomms13726/images/m685/ncomms13726-f1.jpg twitter:site: @NatureComms dc.source: Nature Communications, Published online: 19 December 2016; | doi:10.1038/ncomms13726 dc.creator: Liam P. Cheeseman citation_fulltext_html_url: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/161219/ncomms13726/full/ncomms13726.html Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 X-Parsed-By: org.apache.tika.parser.DefaultParser og:type: article twitter:title: Two pathways regulate cortical granule translocation to prevent polyspermy in mouse oocytes og:title: Two pathways regulate cortical granule translocation to prevent polyspermy in mouse oocytes msapplication-TileColor: #940720 WT.z_cc_license_type: cc_by citation_firstpage: 13726 viewport: width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=2.5,user-scalable=yes twitter:description: Mammalian eggs release cortical granules to avoid being fertilized by more than a single sperm as polyspermy results in nonviable embryos. Here, the authors describe the mechanism driving translocation of the granules to the cortex in the mouse egg and show this process is essential to prevent polyspermy. dc.identifier: doi:10.1038/ncomms13726 og:url: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2016/161219/ncomms13726/full/ncomms13726.html