C-mos proto-oncogene

Propst, F Rosenberg, M. P., Iyer, A., Kaul, K and Vande Woude, G. F. (1987). c-mos proto-oncogene RNA transcripts in mouse tissues structural features, developmental regulation, and localization in specific cell types. Mol. Cell. Biol. 7 1629-1637. 

Sagata, N., Oskarsson, M., Copeland, T Brumbaugh, J and Vande Woude, G. F. (1988). Function of c-mos proto-oncogene product in meiotic maturation in Xenopus oocytes. Nature 335 519-525. 

The c-mos proto-oncogene is unique in being specifically expressed in male and female germ cells, where it appears to play a central role in regulating the meiotic cell cycle. Its function is best understood in... 

Mutter, G. L and Wolgemuth, D. J. (1987). Distinct developmental patterns of c-mos proto-oncogene expression in female and male mouse germ cells. Proc. Nad. Acad. Sci. USA 88 7869-7872. 

Nebreda, A. R., and Hunt, T. (1993). The c-mos proto-oncogene protein kinase turns on and maintains the activity of MAP kinase, but not MPF, in cell-free extracts of Xenopus oocytes and eggs. EMBO J. 12 1979-1986. 

Sagata, N., N. Watanabe, G.F. Vande Woude Y. Ikawa. 1989. The c-mos proto-oncogene product is a cytostatic factor responsible for meiotic arrest in vertebrate eggs. Nature 342 512-17. 

Paules, R. S., Buccione, R., Moschel, R. C., Vande Woude, G. F., and Eppig, J. J. (1989). Mouse mos proto-oncogene product is present and functions during oogenesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 86 5395-5399. 

Zhao, X., Singh, B., and Batten, B. E. (1991). The role of c-mos proto-oncoprotein in mammalian meiotic maturation. Oncogene 6 43 19. 

Mutter, G. L Grills, G. S., and Wolgemuth, D. J. (1988). Evidence for the involvement of the proto-oncogene c-mos in mammalian meiotic maturation and possibly very early embryogenesis. EMBO J. 7 683-689. 

Hengartner MO, Horvitz HR. C. elegans cell survival gene ced-9 encodes a functional homolog of the mammalian proto-oncogene bcl-2. Cell 1994 76 665-676. 

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