XB-ART-20943
Zygote
1994 Aug 01;23:263-71. doi: 10.1017/s0967199400002069.
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Development of cortical contractility in the Xenopus laevis oocyte mediated by reorganisation of the cortical cytoskeleton: a model.
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As the amphibian oocyte becomes the fertilisation-competent egg an actin-myosin network assembles in the cortex which provides for the cortical contraction that accompanies fertilisation. A number of recent investigations provide data for development of a model detailing the structural changes which should accompany the development of this contractile network as well as the signalling mechanisms which regular assembly and contraction.
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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: actl6a