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Cytoplasmic control of nuclear behavior during meiotic maturation of frog oocytes *
Author(s) -
Duesbery Nicholas S. Vande,
Woude George F. Vande
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
biology of the cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1768-322X
pISSN - 0248-4900
DOI - 10.1111/j.1768-322x.1998.tb01055.x
Subject(s) - biology , meiosis , maturation promoting factor , oocyte , cytoplasm , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , embryo , cell cycle , cell , gene , cyclin
The title of this article is taken from a 1971 publication by Yoshio Masui and Clement Markert in which they describe the discoveries of the meiotic regulatory activities maturation promoting factor and cytostatic factor. Here we review the experiments that led to these discoveries and discuss their relation to our current knowledge of the biochemistry of oocyte maturation.