A Zinc-Dependent Mechanism Regulates Meiotic Progression in Mammalian Oocytes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bernhardt, Miranda L ^a   Kong, Betty Y ^a   Kim, Alison M ^a,b   O'Halloran, Thomas V ^a,b   Woodruff, Teresa K ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytostatic factor; EMI2, meiosis; Meiotic arrest; Meiotic maturation; Metal biology; Oocyte; Oocyte maturation; Zinc

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN EMI2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC BINDING PROTEIN; CHELATING AGENT; EMI2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ETHYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; F BOX PROTEIN; N,N,N',N' TETRAKIS(2 PYRIDYLMETHYL)ETHYLENEDIAMINE; N,N,N',N'-TETRAKIS(2-PYRIDYLMETHYL)ETHYLENEDIAMINE; ONCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOPHASE; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINTS; CHELATING AGENTS; ETHYLENEDIAMINES; F-BOX PROTEINS; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; OOCYTES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MOS; ZINC;

EID: 84864020185     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.097253     Document Type: Article

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