Xenopus oocyte maturation. Stage VI Xenopus oocytes were sorted after incubation with 0.5 mg ml −1 collagenase B (Boeringer Mannheim). Meiotic maturation was induced by incubating the oocytes in ...

Next we examined the subcellular localization of the initiation factors present in stage-VI Xenopus oocytes (Fig. 1a, lanes 4 and 5).Manual separation of the oocyte nucleus (germinal vesicle) and ...

The accurate distribution of chromosomes in an oocyte is essential for the correct transmission of genetic information to the ...

Xenopus oocytes were treated with inhibitors for each of these complexes to determine how important they were for the health of the cells, as the researchers also found that the mitochondrial activity ...

This figure shows single channel events recorded in an excised membrane segment from a Xenopus frog oocyte using the patch-clamp technique which will be used in this project. The top trace was ...

A metabolic means to preserving egg supply, fertility Date: October 3, 2013 Source: Cell Press Summary: The stresses that come with aging, chemotherapy treatments, and environmental exposures all ...