| Literature DB >> 2255913 |
Z Q Chen1, L A Burdett, A K Seth, J A Lautenberger, T S Papas.
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A molecular clone of the Xenopus laevis ets-2 gene was isolated from an oocyte complementary DNA library. The amount of messenger RNA (mRNA) in each oocyte or embryo was almost constant during oogenesis and was maintained until the blastula stage of embryonic development, indicating that the observed 3.2-kilobase transcript is a maternal message. The only normal adult tissue in which ets-2 mRNA was detected was the ovary. Injection of antisense oligonucleotides homologous to the ets-2 sequence into oocytes led to degradation of the mRNA and blocked hormone-induced germinal vesicle breakdown. The ets-2 product is thus required for the meiotic maturation of Xenopus oocytes.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2255913 DOI: 10.1126/science.2255913
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728