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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6-7
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-3-11
pubmed:abstractText
We have examined the dynamics of the localisation of the polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1) during maturation of the mouse oocyte. Levels of Plk1 protein increase following germinal vesicle breakdown, at which time the enzyme begins to accumulate at discrete positions on the condensing chromosomes and, subsequently, at the poles of the meiotic spindle, which moves towards the cortex of the egg. Interestingly, at metaphase in both meiotic divisions, Plk1 shows a punctate localisation along the broad spindle poles. Moreover, the punctate distribution of Plk1 on the meiotic chromosomes appears at early anaphase to correspond to the centromeric regions. The protein relocates to the spindle midzone during late anaphase and then associates with the midbody at telophase. We have confirmed the specific pattern of immuno-localisation seen in fixed preparations by observing the distribution of Plk1 tagged with green fluorescent protein in living oocytes. We discuss the localisation of the enzyme in light of the structure of the spindle poles, which are known to lack centrioles, and the highly asymmetric nature of the meiotic divisions.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0009-5915
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
107
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
430-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Anaphase, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Centrosome, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Luminescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Metaphase, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Microinjections, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Microtubules, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Mitosis, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Mitotic Spindle Apparatus, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Oocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Telophase, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:9914375-Tubulin
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Mouse polo-like kinase 1 associates with the acentriolar spindle poles, meiotic chromosomes and spindle midzone during oocyte maturation.
pubmed:affiliation
Wellcome-CRC Institute and Department of Genetics, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QR, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't