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XB-ART-29231
J Cell Biol 1985 May 01;1005:1637-40.
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Active maturation-promoting factor is present in mature mouse oocytes.

Sorensen RA, Cyert MS, Pedersen RA.


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Cytoplasmic extracts of meiotically mature mouse oocytes were injected into immature Xenopus laevis oocytes, which underwent germinal vesicle breakdown within 2 h. Germinal vesicle breakdown was not inhibited by incubation of the Xenopus oocytes in cycloheximide (20 micrograms/ml). Identically prepared extracts of meiotically immature mouse oocytes, arrested at the germinal vesicle stage by dibutyryl cyclic AMP (100 micrograms/ml), did not induce germinal vesicle breakdown in Xenopus oocytes. The results show that maturation-promoting factor activity appears during the course of oocyte maturation in the mouse.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: cdk1

References [+] :
Balakier, Cytoplasmic control of nuclear maturation in mouse oocytes. 1977, Pubmed