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Overview

Paul M. Wassarman is affiliated with the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in the United States. Their research focuses substantially on aspects of reproductive medicine within the broader field of medicine.

The scientist's principal subfields of study include:

  • Reproductive Medicine
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Genetics
  • Urology
  • Molecular Biology

Key topics covered in their work encompass:

  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Sperm and Testicular Function
  • Animal Genetics and Reproduction
  • Urological Disorders and Treatments
  • Ovarian function and disorders
  • Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
  • Birth, Development, and Health

Wassarman has contributed to several journals spanning diverse publication venues, including:

  • Annual Review of Biochemistry
  • Genes
  • eLife
  • PubMed
  • Current topics in developmental biology/Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Among notable recent papers authored or coauthored by the scientist are:

  • Zona Pellucida Proteins, Fibrils, and Matrix, 2020, Annual Review of Biochemistry
  • Zona Pellucida Genes and Proteins: Essential Players in Mammalian Oogenesis and Fertility, 2021, Genes
  • Female fertility and the zona pellucida, 2022, eLife
  • Female fertility and the mammalian egg's zona pellucida., 2024, PubMed
  • The mammalian egg's zona pellucida, fertilization, and fertility, 2025, Current topics in developmental biology/Current Topics in Developmental Biology

The scientist frequently collaborates with Eveline S. Litscher, with whom they have coauthored multiple publications spanning their research focus.

Best Publications

  • Mammalian sperm-egg interaction: Identification of a glycoprotein in mouse egg zonae pellucidae possessing receptor activity for sperm

    Jeffrey D. Bleil;Paul M. Wassarman

  • Zona Pellucida Glycoproteins

    Paul M. Wassarman

  • Structure and function of the zona pellucida: identification and characterization of the proteins of the mouse oocyte's zona pellucida.

    Jeffrey D. Bleil;Paul M. Wassarman

  • Sperm-egg interactions in the mouse: Sequence of events and induction of the acrosome reaction by a zona pellucida glycoprotein☆

    Jeffrey D. Bleil;Paul M. Wassarman

  • O-linked oligosaccharides of mouse egg ZP3 account for its sperm receptor activity

    Harvey M. Florman;Paul M. Wassarman

  • Mammalian Fertilization: Molecular Aspects of Gamete Adhesion, Exocytosis, and Fusion

    Paul M Wassarman

  • A profile of fertilization in mammals

    Paul M. Wassarman;Luca Jovine;Eveline S. Litscher

  • The biology and chemistry of fertilization.

    Paul M. Wassarman

  • Profile of a mammalian sperm receptor

    P.M. Wassarman

  • Galactose at the nonreducing terminus of O-linked oligosaccharides of mouse egg zona pellucida glycoprotein ZP3 is essential for the glycoprotein's sperm receptor activity

    Jeffrey D. Bleil;Paul M. Wassarman

  • Relationship between growth and meiotic maturation of the mouse oocyte.

    Ralph A. Sorensen;Paul M. Wassarman

  • Identification of a secondary sperm receptor in the mouse egg zona pellucida: role in maintenance of binding of acrosome-reacted sperm to eggs.

    Jeffrey D. Bleil;Jeffrey M. Greve;Paul M. Wassarman

  • Replication of Eukaryotic Chromosomes: A Close-up of the Replication Fork

    M L DePamphilis;P M Wassarman

  • The ZP domain is a conserved module for polymerization of extracellular proteins

    Luca Jovine;Huayu Qi;Zev Williams;Eveline Litscher

  • Autoradiographic visualization of the mouse egg's sperm receptor bound to sperm.

    Jeffrey D. Bleil;Paul M. Wassarman

  • Mouse egg extracellular coat is a matrix of interconnected filaments possessing a structural repeat

    Jeffrey M. Greve;Paul M. Wassarman

  • Zona pellucida domain proteins.

    Luca Jovine;Costel C. Darie;Eveline S. Litscher;Paul M. Wassarman

  • Guide to techniques in mouse development

    Paul M. Wassarman;Melvin L. DePamphilis

  • Targeted disruption of the mZP3 gene results in production of eggs lacking a zona pellucida and infertility in female mice.

    Chengyu Liu;Eveline S. Litscher;Steven Mortillo;Yutaka Sakai

  • Biochemical studies of mammalian oogenesis: Protein synthesis during oocyte growth and meiotic maturation in the mouse

    R M Schultz;P M Wassarman

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard M. Schultz
Richard M. Schultz University of Pennsylvania
Melvin L. DePamphilis
Melvin L. DePamphilis National Institutes of Health
Philippe Soriano
Philippe Soriano Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Nathan O. Kaplan
Nathan O. Kaplan Harvard University
Sergio A. Lira
Sergio A. Lira Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
William G.M. Janssen
William G.M. Janssen Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Stephen Anderson
Stephen Anderson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Morris J. Karnovsky
Morris J. Karnovsky Harvard University
Ronald T. Hay
Ronald T. Hay University of Dundee
Howard J. Edenberg
Howard J. Edenberg Indiana University

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