| Literature DB >> 3886670 |
R A Sorensen, M S Cyert, R A Pedersen.
Abstract
Cytoplasmic extracts of meiotically mature mouse oocytes were injected into immature Xenopus laevis oocytes, which underwent germinal vesicle breakdown within 2 h. Germinal vesicle breakdown was not inhibited by incubation of the Xenopus oocytes in cycloheximide (20 micrograms/ml). Identically prepared extracts of meiotically immature mouse oocytes, arrested at the germinal vesicle stage by dibutyryl cyclic AMP (100 micrograms/ml), did not induce germinal vesicle breakdown in Xenopus oocytes. The results show that maturation-promoting factor activity appears during the course of oocyte maturation in the mouse.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 3886670 PMCID: PMC2113872 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.100.5.1637
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Cell Biol ISSN: 0021-9525 Impact factor: 10.539