Spontaneous activation of ovulated mouse eggs: Time-dependent effects on M-phase exit, cortical granule exocytosis, maternal messenger ribonucleic acid recruitment, and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate sensitivity

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 743-750

  Xu, Zhe ^a   Abbott, Allison ^b   Kopf, Gregory S ^a   Schultz, Richard M ^a   Ducibella, Tom ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INOSITOL 1,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE; MATURATION PROMOTING FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EGG PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC MARKER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; INOSITOL 1,4,5-TRISPHOSPHATE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OVUM; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030922886     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod57.4.743     Document Type: Article

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