Richard Oko

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1 Mammalian selenoprotein thioredoxin-glutathione reductase. Roles in disulfide bond formation and sperm maturation. J Biol Chem 2005 1.24
2 PAWP, a sperm-specific WW domain-binding protein, promotes meiotic resumption and pronuclear development during fertilization. J Biol Chem 2007 1.09
3 Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase-activity is involved in sperm acrosomal function and anti-polyspermy defense during porcine fertilization. Biol Reprod 2007 1.03
4 Characterization of human thioredoxin-like 2. A novel microtubule-binding thioredoxin expressed predominantly in the cilia of lung airway epithelium and spermatid manchette and axoneme. J Biol Chem 2003 1.01
5 The extracellular protein coat of the inner acrosomal membrane is involved in zona pellucida binding and penetration during fertilization: characterization of its most prominent polypeptide (IAM38). Dev Biol 2005 0.93
6 Gene trap mutation of murine outer dense fiber protein-2 gene can result in sperm tail abnormalities in mice with high percentage chimaerism. BMC Dev Biol 2010 0.93
7 The postacrosomal assembly of sperm head protein, PAWP, is independent of acrosome formation and dependent on microtubular manchette transport. Dev Biol 2007 0.92
8 Interactions of sperm perinuclear theca with the oocyte: implications for oocyte activation, anti-polyspermy defense, and assisted reproduction. Microsc Res Tech 2003 0.90
9 The mammalian testis-specific thioredoxin system. Antioxid Redox Signal 2004 0.90
10 Spermatocyte/spermatid-specific thioredoxin-3, a novel Golgi apparatus-associated thioredoxin, is a specific marker of aberrant spermatogenesis. J Biol Chem 2004 0.89
11 The testicular and epididymal expression profile of PLCζ in mouse and human does not support its role as a sperm-borne oocyte activating factor. PLoS One 2012 0.88
12 Cloning and developmental analysis of murid spermatid-specific thioredoxin-2 (SPTRX-2), a novel sperm fibrous sheath protein and autoantigen. J Biol Chem 2003 0.88
13 Mammalian transcription in support of hybrid mRNA and protein synthesis in testis and lung. J Biol Chem 2006 0.87
14 Outer dense fibers serve as a functional target for Cdk5.p35 in the developing sperm tail. J Biol Chem 2003 0.87
15 Association of kinesin light chain with outer dense fibers in a microtubule-independent fashion. J Biol Chem 2003 0.87
16 ATP-binding cassette transporters ABCA1, ABCA7, and ABCG1 in mouse spermatozoa. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008 0.87
17 Sperm-borne protein, PAWP, initiates zygotic development in Xenopus laevis by eliciting intracellular calcium release. Mol Reprod Dev 2010 0.86
18 MMP2 and acrosin are major proteinases associated with the inner acrosomal membrane and may cooperate in sperm penetration of the zona pellucida during fertilization. Cell Tissue Res 2012 0.85
19 Protein expression pattern of PAWP in bull spermatozoa is associated with sperm quality and fertility following artificial insemination. Mol Reprod Dev 2014 0.85
20 Rat kinesin light chain 3 associates with spermatid mitochondria. Dev Biol 2004 0.82
21 RAB2A: a major subacrosomal protein of bovine spermatozoa implicated in acrosomal biogenesis. Biol Reprod 2008 0.82
22 Cloning, expression and characterization of mouse spermatid specific thioredoxin-1 gene and protein. Mol Hum Reprod 2002 0.82
23 Involvement of classical bipartite/karyopherin nuclear import pathway components in acrosomal trafficking and assembly during bovine and murid spermiogenesis. Biol Reprod 2012 0.81
24 Developmental expression of spermatid-specific thioredoxin-1 protein: transient association to the longitudinal columns of the fibrous sheath during sperm tail formation. Biol Reprod 2002 0.80
25 Hamster oviductin regulates tyrosine phosphorylation of sperm proteins during in vitro capacitation. Biol Reprod 2013 0.79
26 The origin and assembly of a zona pellucida binding protein, IAM38, during spermiogenesis. Microsc Res Tech 2009 0.79
27 Negative biomarker based male fertility evaluation: Sperm phenotypes associated with molecular-level anomalies. Asian J Androl 2015 0.78
28 The composition, protein genesis and significance of the inner acrosomal membrane of eutherian sperm. Cell Tissue Res 2012 0.78
29 A population of CRES resides in the outer dense fibers of spermatozoa. Biol Reprod 2013 0.78
30 Ornithine decarboxylase antizyme Oaz3 modulates protein phosphatase activity. J Biol Chem 2011 0.77
31 Increased disruption of sperm plasma membrane at sperm immobilization promotes dissociation of perinuclear theca from sperm chromatin after intracytoplasmic sperm injection in pigs. Reproduction 2005 0.77
32 Interference with the 19S proteasomal regulatory complex subunit PSMD4 on the sperm surface inhibits sperm-zona pellucida penetration during porcine fertilization. Cell Tissue Res 2010 0.77
33 Biogenesis of the sperm head perinuclear theca during human spermiogenesis. Fertil Steril 2009 0.77
34 First evidence of prothymosin α localization in the acrosome of mammalian male gametes. J Cell Physiol 2013 0.76
35 ATP-binding cassette transporter G2 activity in the bovine spermatozoa is modulated along the epididymal duct and at ejaculation. Biol Reprod 2012 0.76
36 Spermatozoa: the good, the bad and the ugly. Mol Reprod Dev 2011 0.75