Cytoskeleton of the mouse egg and embryo: reorganization of planar elements.
Cytoskeleton of the mouse egg and embryo: reorganization of planar elements.
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小鼠卵和胚胎的细胞骨架:平面元素的重组。
DOI:
10.1002/cm.970180209
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发表时间:
1991
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通讯作者:
Capco,DG
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作者:
Gallicano,GI;McGaughey,RW;Capco,DG
Examination of detergent‐extracted mouse eggs and embryos reveals the existence of two cytoskeletal networks. One network is the typical thin filament network observed in somatic cells while the other is composed of large planar elements. These latter cytoskeletal structures, with individual widths of 60.0±6.8 nm, alter their spatial organization in a developmental stage‐specific manner. The planar elements are composed of filaments with a diameter of 10 nm aligned side‐by‐side with these filaments exhibiting a linear periodicity of 20.0±1.6 nm. A biochemical fraction containing components of the planar elements has been prepared from different stages of development and disappearance of prominent polypep‐tides from this fraction correlates with the altered spatial organization of the planar elements. Ultrastructure and biochemistry of cytoskeletal planar elements in eggs and embryos of the mouse are comparable with cytoskeletal sheets of Syrian hamster eggs and embryos, suggesting these cytoskeletal components may have a functional role in mammalian embryogenesis. Because such structures have not been identified in eggs or embryos of species other than mammals, their function may be unique to mammalian embryogenesis.