Int. J. Dev. Biol. 34: 127 - 137 (1990)

Vol 34, Issue 1

Special Issue: Developmental Biology in France

Cytoskeleton organization during oogenesis, fertilization and preimplantation development of the mouse

Published: 1 March 1990

B Maro, J Kubiak, C Gueth, H De Pennart, E Houliston, M Weber, C Antony and J Aghion

Laboratoire de Physiologie du Développement, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris, France.

Abstract

The organization and role of the cytoskeletal networks (mainly microtubules and microfilaments) during oogenesis, fertilization and preimplantation development of the mouse are described given the importance of cell-cell interactions and of the subcellular organization in events leading to the formation of the first two lineages of the mouse embryo.