Activation of protein kinase C induces cortical granule exocytosis in a Ca2+-independent manner, but not the resumption of cell cycle in porcine eggs

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 523-529

  Sun, Qing Yuan ^a,b   Wang, Wei Hua ^a   Hosoe, Misa ^a   Taniguchi, Toshiaki ^a   Chen, Da Yuan ^a   Shioya, Yasuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cortical granule; Meiosis; Porcine egg; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL GRANULE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030814965     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1997.t01-2-00014.x     Document Type: Article

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