Spindlin, a major maternal transcript expressed in the mouse during the transition from oocyte to embryo

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Timely translation of maternal transcripts and post-translational modification of their gene products control the initial development of preimplantation-stage embryos. We have isolated and characterized a gene encoding a stage-specific embryonic protein. This novel gene, spindlin (Spin), is an abundant maternal transcript present in the unfertilized egg and 2-cell, but not 8-cell, stage embryo. Spin exhibits high...

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