Movement and dissolution of the nucleus (germinal vesicle) during Rana oocyte meiosis: Effect of demecolcine (Colcemid) and centrifugation

THE MECHANISM OF ACTION OF COLCHICINE

1967 • 541 citations

Colchicine in Agriculture, Medicine, Biology and Chemistry

1955 • 426 citations

Time, space, and pattern in embryonic development

1984 • 219 citations

Dynamic changes of the egg cortex

1981 • 189 citations

Maturation and Fertilization in Starfish Oocytes

1984 • 163 citations

Aster formation in eggs of Xenopus laevis. Induction by isolated basal bodies.

1975 • 158 citations

The role of ionic currents in establishing developmental pattern

1981 • 156 citations

Electrical currents through full-grown and maturing Xenopus oocytes.

1979 • 138 citations

Distribution and mode of arrangement of microfilamentous structures and actin in the cortex of the amphibian oocyte.

1976 • 134 citations

A cytochemical and ultrastructural analysis of in vitro maturation in amphibian oocytes

1970 • 102 citations

Germinal vesicle breakdown in the Xenopus laevis oocyte : description of a transient microtubular structure

1981 • 90 citations

Cytoplasmic phases in the first cell cycle of the activated frog egg

1983 • 80 citations

Spatial organization of microtubule-organizing centers and microtubules.

1984 • 69 citations

Colcemid and colchicine binding to tubulin

1979 • 69 citations

Changes in levels of polymeric tubulin associated with activation and dorsoventral polarization of the frog egg

1985 • 68 citations

Distribution of the cytoplasmic activity inducing germinal vesicle breakdown in frog oocytes

1972 • 61 citations

Cyclic assembly-disassembly of cortical microtubules during maturation and early development of starfish oocytes

1984 • 60 citations

Microtubule arrays in the cortex and near the germinal vesicle of immature starfish oocytes

1984 • 57 citations

Induced formation of asters and cleavage furrows in oocytes of Xenopus laevis during in vitro maturation

1978 • 54 citations

Evidence for Follicle Wall Involvement in Ovulation and Progesterone Production by Frog (Rana pipiens) Follicles in vitro

1982 • 47 citations

Purification, characterization, and assembly properties of tubulin from unfertilized eggs of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

1983 • 46 citations

STEROID INHIBITION OF PROTEIN INCORPORATION BY ISOLATED AMPHIBIAN OOCYTES

1974 • 41 citations

Fate of secretory proteins trapped in oocytes of Xenopus laevis by disruption of the cytoskeleton or by imbalanced subunit synthesis.

1981 • 39 citations

Cytoskeletal and contractile proteins in coelomic oocytes, unfertilized and fertilized eggs of discoglossus pictus (Anura)

1980 • 34 citations

Cytological analysis of nuclear migration and dissolution during steroid‐induced meiotic maturation in vitro of follicle‐enclosed oocytes of the goldfish (Carassius auratus)

1984 • 31 citations

THE EFFECTS OF VINBLASTINE ON ISOLATED XENOPUS OOCYTES

1972 • 29 citations

Role of follicle wall in meiosis reinitiation induced by insulin in Rana pipiens oocytes

1981 • 29 citations

The meroistic insect ovary as a miniature electrophoresis chamber

1983 • 27 citations

Microtubules in immature oocytes of Xenopus laevis.

1985 • 25 citations

Microtubule proteins in axolotl eggs and developing embryos

1977 • 21 citations

Microtubules during germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) of Xenopus oocytes : effect of Ca²⁺ ionophore A-23187 and taxol

1985 • 20 citations

Identification of microtubule‐associated proteins (MAPs) in Xenopus oocyte

1985 • 20 citations

In vitro inhibition of tubulin assembly by a ribonucleoprotein complex associated with the free ribosome fraction isolated from Xenopus laevis oocytes: effect at the level of microtubule-associated proteins

1984 • 19 citations

Distribution of the Germinal Vesicle Material during Progesterone‐Induced Oocyte Maturation in Xenopus and in Cynops

1984 • 18 citations

Tubulin:tyrosine ligase in oocytes and embryos of Xenopus laevis

1981 • 15 citations

Electrophysiology of in vitro insulin‐ and progesterone‐induced reinitiation of oocyte meiosis in Rana pipiens

1984 • 13 citations

Effects of cytochalasin B on steroid-induced oocyte meiosis and centrifugally induced nuclear movement in the goldfish Carassius auratus

1985 • 12 citations

An immunocytochemical method for the visualization of tubulin-containing structures in the egg of Xenopus laevis

1982 • 10 citations

Monensin blocks the first meiotic cell division of the Xenopus oocyte: Effect at the nuclear membrane level

1984 • 8 citations

Relationships between plasma membrane depolarization, nuclear membrane breakdown, and the appearance of cytoplasmic factors during the first meiotic division in Rana pipiens oocytes

1982 • 7 citations

Localization of tubulin structures in the course of amphibian germinal vesicle maturation

1984 • 5 citations