Oocyte-to-embryo transition: kinase cabal plots regime change

Curr Biol. 2006 Feb 7;16(3):R93-5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.01.028.

Abstract

The transition from oocyte to embryo is among the most enthralling events in developmental biology. Recent studies of this transition in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans have revealed how conserved kinases administer the destruction of key oocyte meiotic regulators to create an embryo.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphatases / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Body Patterning / physiology*
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / embryology*
  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism
  • Carrier Proteins / metabolism
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / metabolism*
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian / enzymology*
  • Female
  • Meiosis / physiology*
  • Models, Biological*
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism
  • Oocytes / enzymology*
  • Phosphorylation
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism

Substances

  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • OMA-1 protein, C elegans
  • pie-1 protein, C elegans
  • MBK-2 protein, C elegans
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Cyclin-Dependent Kinases
  • Adenosine Triphosphatases
  • MEI-1 protein, C elegans