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Degradation of maternal mRNA in mouse embryos: Selective degradation of specific mRNAs after fertilization
10 Aug 2005
Abstract excerpt
During oogenesis, mRNA is actively transcribed and accumulated in growing oocytes, but this transcription stops before the oocytes grow to their full size. The accumulated maternal mRNA is used for protein synthesis in the oocytes during meiotic maturation and even in the embryos to sustain development after fertilization. Therefore, the degradation of accumulated maternal mRNA starts during meiotic maturation,...
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