Gas6 downregulation impaired cytoplasmic maturation and pronuclear formation independent to the MPF activity.

Previously, we found that the growth arrest-specific gene 6 (Gas6) is more highly expressed in germinal vesicle (GV) oocytes than in metaphase II (MII) oocytes using annealing control primer (ACP)-PCR technology. The current study was undertaken to investigate the role of Gas6 in oocyte maturation a...

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Main Authors: Kyeoung-Hwa Kim, Eun-Young Kim, Yuna Kim, Eunju Kim, Hyun-Seo Lee, Sook-Young Yoon, Kyung-Ah Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3151302?pdf=render