Active maturation-promoting factor is present in mature mouse oocytes

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 prepa...

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Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Rockefeller University Press 1985
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2113872/