Abstract
It has long been appreciated that the oocyte cortex plays a key role in regulating fertilization and establishing embryonic polarity. Recent studies have identified the anti-phosphatase EGG-3 as a cortical anchor for regulatory proteins required for launching embryogenesis in Caenhorhabditis elegans.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Body Patterning / physiology
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Caenorhabditis elegans / embryology
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Caenorhabditis elegans / physiology
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Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / physiology
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Chitin Synthase / physiology
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Embryonic Development / physiology*
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Female
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Models, Biological
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Oocytes / physiology
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Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / physiology
Substances
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Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
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Chitin Synthase
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MBK-2 protein, C elegans
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Protein-Tyrosine Kinases