[Early changes in the electric properties of the oocyte plasma membrane of Xenopus laevis during the reinitiation of meiosis induced by progesterone, para chloromercuribenzoate (PCMB) or the ionophore A 23187]

C R Acad Hebd Seances Acad Sci D. 1976 Mar 29;282(13):1309-12.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Progesterone, pCMB and ionophore -Mg++ triggers early and quite similar changes in the electrical properties of Xenopus laevis plasma membrane which may play a key role in the process of meiosis reinitiation.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Calcimycin / pharmacology*
  • Cell Membrane / drug effects
  • Cell Membrane / physiology
  • Chloromercuribenzoates / pharmacology*
  • Female
  • Magnesium / pharmacology
  • Meiosis
  • Membrane Potentials / drug effects*
  • Oocytes / drug effects
  • Oocytes / physiology*
  • Oocytes / ultrastructure
  • Ovum / physiology*
  • Progesterone / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Chloromercuribenzoates
  • Calcimycin
  • Progesterone
  • Magnesium