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Category:GO:0007340 ! acrosome reaction
name: acrosome reaction
namespace: biological_process
def: "The discharge, by sperm, of a single, anterior secretory granule following the sperm's attachment to the zona pellucida surrounding the oocyte. The process begins with the fusion of the outer acrosomal membrane with the sperm plasma membrane and ends with the exocytosis of the acrosomal contents into the egg." [GOC:dph, PMID:3886029]
xref: Wikipedia:Acrosome_reaction
is_a: GO:0017156 ! calcium ion-dependent exocytosis
is_a: GO:0048610 ! cellular process involved in reproduction
relationship:part_of: GO:0007338 ! single fertilization
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