Hormonal control of meiosis: specificity of the 1-methyladenine receptors in starfish oocytes.
The specificity of the 1-methyladenine receptors, which are localized on the cell membrane of starfish oocytes, has been investigated in Marthasterias glacialis and Asterias rubens. Ability of N-1-substituted adenines to trigger the release of meiosis inhibition is conserved, or even increased, when the methyl group is replaced by larger substituent groups.
D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D008540:Meiosis / Q000187:drug effects*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010063:Ovum / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D013215:Starfish / Q000502:physiology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013997:Time Factors
D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D000225:Adenine