Concanavalin A: Its Action in Inducing Oocyte Maturation-Inducing Substance in Starfish Follicle Cells
- 21 February 1975
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 187 (4177), 654-655
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1167977
Abstract
Maturation of starfish oocytes is induced by 1-methyladenine produced in follicle cells under the influence of a gonad-stimulating hormonal peptide released from the nervous system. Concanavalin A stimulates isolated follicle cells to produce 1-methyladenine, which suggests that it has the same capacity as the peptide hormone to indirectly induce oocyte maturation.Keywords
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