Xenopus oocyte maturation

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Cyclin B/CDKl is the primary regulator of the G2/M transition, and its activity is required for entry into mitosis. It was termed the maturation-promoting factor (MPF) because it was originally shown to be essential for Xenopus oocytes maturation... 

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In addition to PR-mediated transcriptional activities, progesterone also triggers intracellular phosphorylation cascades of the Src/Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway via PR [10, 11]. Also independent of the transcriptional activities of the receptor are rapid nongenomic effects of progesterone like modulation of sperm acrosome reaction [12], prevention of preterm labor [13] and Xenopus oocyte maturation [14]. 

Further studies revealed that vertebrate cells contain three proteins that can function like cyclin B to stimulate Xenopus oocyte maturation two closely related cyclin Bs and cyclin A. Collectively called B-type cyclins, these proteins exhibit regions of high sequence homology. (B-type cyclins are distinguished from Gi cyclins described in Section 21.5.) In intact cells, degradation of all the B-type cyclins begins after the onset of anaphase, the period of mitosis when sister chromatids are separated and pulled toward opposite spindle poles. 

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Culp PA, Musci TJ. 1999. c-mos and cdc2 cooperate in the translational activation of fibroblast growth factor receptor-1 during Xenopus oocyte maturation. Mol Biol Cell 10(11) 3567-3581. 

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Ota R, Kotani T, Yamashita M. 2011b. Possible involvement of Nemo-like kinase 1 in Xenopus oocyte maturation as a kinase responsible for Pumiliol, Pumilio2, and CPEB phosphorylation. Biochemistry 50(25) 5648-5659. 

Peter M, Labbe JC, Doree M, Mandart E. 2002. A new role for Mos in Xenopus oocyte maturation targeting Mytl independently of MAPK Development 129(9) 2129-2139. 

Regulation of Src kinase activity during Xenopus oocyte maturation. Dev Biol 278(2) 289-300. 

Regulation of Greatwall kinase during Xenopus oocyte maturation. Mol Biol Cell 22(13) 2157-2164. 

Gallo CJ, Hand AR, Jones TL, Jaffe LA. 1995. Stimulation of Xenopus oocyte maturation by inhibition of the G-protein alpha S subunit, a component of the plasma membrane and yolk platelet membranes. J Cell Biol 130(2) 275-284. 

Hake LE, Richter JD. 1994. CPEB is a specificity factor that mediates cytoplasmic polyadenylation during Xenopus oocyte maturation. Cell 79(4) 617-627. 

Liu XJ, Soiisl A, Zhu L, Pawson T. 1995. Molecular doning of an amphibian insulin receptor substrate l-hke cDNA and involvement of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in insulin-induced Xenopus oocyte maturation. Mol Cell Biol 15(7) 3563-3570. 

Reverte CG, Yuan L, Keady BT, Lacza C, Attfield KR, Mahon GM, Freeman B, Whitehead IP, Hake LE. 2003. XGef is a CPEB-interacting protein involved in Xenopus oocyte maturation. Dev Biol 255(2) 383-398. 

Schwab MS, Roberts BT, Gross SD, Tunquist BJ, Taieb FE, Lewellyn AL, Mailer JL. 2001. Bubl is activated by the protein kinase p90(Rsk) during Xenopus oocyte maturation. Gurr Biol 11(3) 141-150. 

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