MEK1/2 is a critical regulator of microtubule assembly and spindle organization during rat oocyte meiotic maturation

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1542-1548

  Sun, Shao Chen ^a,b   Xiong, Bo ^b   Lu, Sheng Sheng ^a   Sun, Qing Yuan ^b  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Meiosis; MEK; Microtubules; Oocyte; Spindle

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; GAMMA TUBULIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 2; PACLITAXEL;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; TELOPHASE;

ANIMALS; BUTADIENES; CELL CYCLE; CELLS, CULTURED; MAP KINASE KINASE 1; MAP KINASE KINASE 2; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NITRILES; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 47249158165     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20891     Document Type: Article

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