CYTOPLASMIC PHASES IN THE 1ST CELL-CYCLE OF THE ACTIVATED FROG EGG
CYTOPLASMIC PHASES IN THE 1ST CELL-CYCLE OF THE ACTIVATED FROG EGG
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DOI:
10.1016/0012-1606(83)90237-3
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
ELINSON, RP
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作者:
ELINSON, RP
The 1st cell cycle of the activated frog egg is longer than subsequent cycles and several developmentally important events, such as the determination of bilateral symmetry, occur at this time. When eggs of R. pipiens or Xenopus laevis are dissected at times after activation, differences in the consistency of the animal half cytoplasm can be detected visually, and the 1st cell cycle was divided into 4 cytoplasmic phases on this basis. Phase 1 includes the events of activation and lasts about 1/3 of the 1st cycle. In phase 2 the cytoplasm becomes fluid except for the rigid, growing sperm aster, and most of the migration of the pronuclei occurs in phase 2. In phase 3 the cytoplasm becomes firm whether or not a sperm aster had been present, and the grey crescent forms, indicating the plane of bilateral symmetry. The firmness of the cytoplasm is colchicine sensitive but cytochalasin B insensitive as is grey crescent formation. In phase 4 the cortex detaches from the firm cytoplasm, and the firmness is now cytochalasin B sensitive and colchicine insensitive. Changes in cytoplasmic consistency during the 1st cell cycle probably reflect changes in the cytoskeleton, and the cytoplasmic consistency is functionally correlated with developmental events in the 1st cell cycle.