title: Presence of cdc2(+)-like proteins in the preimplantation mouse embryo.
abstract: An antibody raised against a portion of the human equivalent of the yeast cdc2+ protein reacts with a 34K protein in mouse cell lines and early embryonic cells. Western blot analysis coupled with phosphatase treatment of material collected from the early preimplantation embryo has shown that the murine cdc2+ homologue does not correspond to the previously described newly synthesised proteins that are phosphorylated in a cell-cycle-dependent fashion [Howlett, 1986]. The cdc2(+)-like protein is converted into a slower migrating form on entry into S-phase and is further modified during G2 prior to mitosis. Studies of embryos that are held in extended periods of M-phase, i.e. unfertilised eggs or 1-cell embryos treated with nocodazole, demonstrate that the cdc2(+)-like protein becomes demodified in these cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007739:L Cells; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D015739:Nocodazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D010750:Phosphoproteins; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase; D015739:Nocodazole