Modulation of cell cycle control during oocyte-to-embryo transitions

EMBO Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2191-2203

  Hörmanseder, Eva ^a,b   Tischer, Thomas ^a   Mayer, Thomas U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APC C; Cell cycle; Early embryo; Meiosis; MPF

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE PROMOTING COMPLEX; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN 20; CYCLIN B; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; MATURATION PROMOTING FACTOR; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A; POLO LIKE KINASE 1; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3;

CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEIOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; OVUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; SPONDIAS PURPUREA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84882449367     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2013.164     Document Type: Review

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