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Visualizing RNA Localization in Xenopus Oocytes

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Published on: January 14, 2010

在注射到Xenopus卵细胞后,材料mRNA Vg1正确地局部化

J K Yisraeli¹, D A Melton

¹Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138.

|December 8, 1988

概括

在Xenopus卵细胞中的母体Vg1mRNA局部化到植物极. 这个本地化过程需要在mRNA转录本体内存在的信息,而不是它的翻译.

科学领域:

发育生物学发展生物学
分子生物学分子生物学
克塞诺普斯卵细胞研究研究

背景情况:

克塞诺普斯卵细胞表现出不同的动物和植物极的发育命运.
已知母体mRNAs局部化到特定的半球,有助于这种极性.
Vg1 mRNA 是一个关键的母体转录,在 oogenesis 期间定位到植物皮质.

研究的目的:

研究Vg1mRNA在Xenopus卵细胞中的定位机制.
为了确定外源Vg1mRNA是否可以在体外定位.
评估Vg1mRNA翻译在其本地化中的作用.

主要方法:

使用了体外卵细胞培养系统.
将外源Vg1mRNA注入中期和晚期Xenopus卵细胞中.
与内源Vg1.1相比,注射Vg1mRNA的观察到的局部化模式.

主要成果:

外源Vg1mRNA注入到植物皮层局部化的中期卵细胞中.
外源Vg1mRNA的局部化在晚期卵细胞中没有发生.
对Vg1mRNA的翻译并不是其局部化所必需的.

结论:

克塞诺普斯卵细胞拥有用于解释动物植物两极性的内在信息.
这种极性信息被编码在Vg1 mRNA转录本体内.
定位机制在中期卵子细胞中是活跃的,但在晚期卵子细胞中不是活跃的.

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