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MPF<br />

Time<br />

Figure 1.3 Changes in maturation promoting factor (MPF) and cytostatic factor<br />

(CSF) activities during meiotic divisions <strong>of</strong> oocytes and mitotic divisions <strong>of</strong> early<br />

zygotes<br />

<strong>The</strong>se stages include GV, ProMI, MI, MII, fertilisation <strong>of</strong> oocytes, zygote, 2-cell embryo,<br />

dividing 2-cell embryo and 4-cell embryo. MPF activity is expressed as percentage <strong>of</strong><br />

nuclear breakdown induced in oocytes injected with cytoplasm (or its extract) containing<br />

MPF or as histone H1 kinase activity (Nurse et al., 1998).<br />

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