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The Drosophila prage Gene, Required for Maternal Transcript Destabilization in Embryos, Encodes a Predicted RNA Exonuclease.
G3 (Bethesda, Md.) - 1 Jun 2016
Cui Jun, Lai Yun Wei, Sartain Caroline V, Zuckerman Rebecca M, Wolfner Mariana F
Abstract excerpt
Egg activation, the transition of mature oocytes into developing embryos, is critical for the initiation of embryogenesis. This process is characterized by resumption of meiosis, changes in the egg's coverings and by alterations in the transcriptome and proteome of the egg; all of these occur in the absence of new transcription. Activation of the egg is prompted by ionic changes in the cytoplasm (usually a rise...
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