# acrosome reaction

> 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

**Wikidata**: [Q163261](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q163261)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrosome_reaction)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/acrosome-reaction


## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. [Source](https://www.mbl.edu/legacy-of-leadership/dan/)
3. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
4. UMLS 2023
5. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)