title: Development of cortical contractility in the Xenopus laevis oocyte mediated by reorganisation of the cortical cytoskeleton: a model.
abstract: As the amphibian oocyte becomes the fertilisation-competent egg an actin-myosin network assembles in the cortex which provides for the cortical contraction that accompanies fertilisation. A number of recent investigations provide data for development of a model detailing the structural changes which should accompany the development of this contractile network as well as the signalling mechanisms which regular assembly and contraction.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Ryabova
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Vassetzky
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Capco
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D008540:Meiosis; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D011493:Protein Kinase C