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Record Nr.

UNISA996206953803316

Titolo

Molecular biology of egg maturation / / Ciba Foundation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : Pitman Books Ltd., , 1983

Newark, New Jersey : , : CIBA Pharmaceutical Company (Medical Education Division), , [date of distribution not identified]

©1983

ISBN

0-470-72079-4

0-470-71849-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation Symposium ; ; 98

Altri autori (Persone)

PorterRuth

WhelanJulie

Disciplina

591.1/66

Soggetti

Oogenesis

Molecular biology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Molecular biology of egg maturation; Contents; Introduction; Poly(A) RNA of the egg cytoplasm: structural resemblance to the nuclear RNA of somatic cells; Discussion; Induction of chromosome replication during maturation of amphibian oocytes; Discussion; Retroviruses and mouse embryos: a model system in which to study gene expression in development and differentiation; Discussion; The regulation of yolk protein gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster; Discussion; Higher-order structural determinants for expression of the ovalbumin gene family; Discussion

Hormonal regulation and expression of vitellogenin multigene familyDiscussion; Vitamin carrier proteins during embryonic development in birds and mammals; Discussion; Steroid and peptide control mechanisms in membrane of Xenopus Iaevis oocytes resuming meiotic division; Discussion; Nature and action of the mediators inducing maturation of the starfish oocyte; Discussion; General discussion: mechanisms of hormone action; Somatic control of protein synthesis in mammalian oocytes during maturation; Discussion



The legacy from the oocyte and its role in controlling early development of the mouse embryoDiscussion; The oocyte as an endocytic cell; Discussion; The oocyte as a secretory cell; Discussion; The molecular basis of sperm-egg interaction in the sea urchin; Discussion; Final general discussion; Closing remarks; Index of contributors; Subject index