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Involvement of Chk1 kinase in prophase I arrest of Xenopus oocytes.
Developmental biology - 15 Mar 1999
Nakajo N, Oe T, Uto K, Sagata N
Abstract excerpt
Chk1 kinase, a DNA damage/replication G2 checkpoint kinase, has recently been shown to phosphorylate and inhibit Cdc25C, a Cdc2 Tyr-15 phosphatase, thereby directly linking the G2 checkpoint to negative regulation of Cdc2. Immature Xenopus oocytes are arrested naturally at the first meiotic prophase (prophase I) or the late G2 phase, with sustained Cdc2 Tyr-15 phosphorylation. Here we have cloned a Xenopus...
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