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Development of cortical contractility in the Xenopus leavis oocyte mediated by reorganisation of the cortical cytoskeleton: a model
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 September 2008
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As the amphibian oocyte becomes the fertilisation-competent egg an actin-myosin assembles in the cortex which provides for the cortical contraction that accompanies the fertilisation. A number of recent investigations provide data for development of a model detailing the structural changes which should accompany the development of this contractile network as well as the signalling mechanisms which regular assembly and contraction.
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