The onset of activation responsiveness during maturation coincides with the formation of the cortical endoplasmic reticulum in oocytes of Xenopus laevis

Oogenesis in Xenopus laevis (Daudin). I. Stages of oocyte development in laboratory maintained animals

1972 • 1,861 citations

Oocyte Maturation

1979 • 662 citations

A free calcium wave traverses the activating egg of the medaka, Oryzias latipes.

1978 • 546 citations

Protein incorporation by isolated amphibian oocytes III. Optimum incubation conditions

1973 • 487 citations

Is calcium ionophore a universal activator for unfertilised eggs?

1974 • 388 citations

Free calcium increases explosively in activating medaka eggs.

1977 • 367 citations

Ionic regulation of egg activation

1982 • 266 citations

Formation and structure of the fertilization envelope in Xenopus laevis

1974 • 214 citations

CALCIUM EXPLOSIONS AS TRIGGERS OF DEVELOPMENT

1980 • 182 citations

Calmodulin activates NAD kinase of sea urchin eggs: An early event of fertilization

1981 • 174 citations

Progesterone induces a rapid increase in [Ca2+]in of Xenopus laevis oocytes.

1980 • 169 citations

The activation of sea urchin eggs by the divalent ionophores A23187 and X-537A

1974 • 163 citations

Free calcium changes associated with hormone action in amphibian oocytes

1980 • 131 citations

Membrane junctions in xenopus eggs: their distribution suggests a role in calcium regulation

1983 • 124 citations

Is there a role for the Ca2+ influx during fertilization of the sea urchin egg?

1982 • 106 citations

The modifications of cortical endoplasmic reticulum during in vitro maturation of Xenopus laevis oocytes and its involvement in cortical granule exocytosis

1984 • 97 citations

Ultrastructural observations on cortical endoplasmic reticulum and on residual cortical granules in the egg of Xenopus laevis

1977 • 86 citations

"Cleavage" and cortical granule breakdown in Rana pipiens oocytes induced by direct microinjection of calcium.

1976 • 83 citations

The temporal and spatial relationships between cortical contraction, sperm trail formation, and pronuclear migration in fertilizedXenopus eggs

1982 • 82 citations

IONIC TRIGGERS IN THE FERTILIZATION OF SEA URCHIN EGGS

1980 • 82 citations

The cortical response in Xenopus laevis ova

1974 • 78 citations

Ultrastructural localization of calcium in unfertilized sea-urchin eggs

1978 • 56 citations

ANIMAL/VEGETAL DIFFERENCES IN CORTICAL GRANULE EXOCYTOSIS DURING ACTIVATION OF THE FROG EGG*

1980 • 48 citations

Precocious induction of activation responses in amphibian oocytes by divalent ionophore A23187

1975 • 48 citations

Accumulation of Annulate Lamellae in the Subcortical Layer during Progesterone‐induced Oocyte Maturation in Xenopus Laevis

1983 • 24 citations

Calcium‐induced Dehiscence of Cortical Granules in Xenopus laevis Oocytes

1979 • 23 citations