title: Lysosomal enzymes in oocytes of the Mongolian gerbil, Meriones unguiculatus.
abstract: Histochemical investigations reveal that the intact oocytes of the Mongolian gerbil. Meriones unguiculatus, contain numerous acid phosphatase positive granules in every follicular stage. Non-specific esterase is active in early oocytes only in a faint peripheral margin of the ooplasm and in the zona pellucida of large secondary and tertiary follicles.
mesh_terms: D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004950:Esterases / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000378:metabolism*; D006596:Hexosaminidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D009866:Oogenesis; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000378:metabolism; D010063:Ovum / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D004950:Esterases; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D006596:Hexosaminidases; D000118:Acetylglucosaminidase