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Maturation-Promoting Factor

Known as: MPF, M-Phase-Promoting Factor, M Phase Promoting Factor 
M Phase-Promoting Factor is a protein kinase complex that drives both the mitotic and meiotic cycles in all eukaryotic organisms. In meiosis it… 
National Institutes of Health

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CDC2 Protein KinaseChromosome CondensationCyclin B1Cyclins

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Cell Cycle Proteins

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Review
2008
Review
2008
Regulation of oocyte maturation in fish
A period of oocyte growth is followed by a process called oocyte maturation (the resumption of meiosis) which occurs prior to… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
MPF localization is controlled by nuclear export
A.Hagting and C.Karlsson contributed equally to this work 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Human cyclins A and B1 are differentially located in the cell and undergo cell cycle-dependent nuclear transport
We have used immunofluorescence staining to study the subcellular distribution of cyclin A and B1 during the somatic cell cycle… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Human cyclin A is adenovirus E1A-associated protein p60 and behaves differently from cyclin B
CYCLINS are proteins synthesized during each cell cycle and abruptly destroyed in each mitosis1–5. Cyclins have been implicated… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Cyclin is a component of maturation-promoting factor from Xenopus
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
The role of cyclin synthesis and degradation in the control of maturation promoting factor activity
We show that cyclin plays a pivotal role in the control of mitosis. A proteolysis-resistant mutant of cyclin prevents the… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
cdc2 protein kinase is complexed with both cyclin A and B: Evidence for proteolytic inactivation of MPF
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Purification of maturation-promoting factor, an intracellular regulator of early mitotic events.
Maturation-promoting factor causes germinal vesicle breakdown when injected into Xenopus oocytes and can induce metaphase in a… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Cell cycle dynamics of an M-phase-specific cytoplasmic factor in Xenopus laevis oocytes and eggs
We have examined the regulation of maturation-promoting factor (MPF) activity in the mitotic and meiotic cell cycles of Xenopus… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Cytoplasmic control of nuclear behavior during meiotic maturation of frog oocytes.
Fully grown oocytes of the frog (Rana pipiens) undergo cytoplasmic and nuclear maturation when treated with progesterone after… 
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