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Recombinant human phospholipase C zeta 1 induces intracellular calcium oscillations and oocyte activation in mouse and human oocytes
28 Mar 2012
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BACKGROUND: Oocyte activation is a crucial step that comprises the release of the oocyte from meiotic arrest, pronuclear formation and subsequent embryo development. Oocytes are activated by repetitive increases in the intracellular concentration of free Ca(2+), [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations, which are triggered during fertilization by the introduction of the sperm-specific phospholipase C zeta 1 (PLCZ1). Recent...
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