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The growing oocyte of the amphibian Xenopus laevis accumulates and stores large pools of various RNAs3 ribonucleoproteins3 and proteins (1–6). These stored molecules are sufficient to meet the needs of the embryo during the first 12 cleavage cycles until RNA synthesis starts at the midblastula stage ca. 4 hours after fertilization (7). Recent experiments indicate that Xenopus eggs also contain stored nuclear envelope components (8, 9). When chromatin or purified DNA are injected into eggs or incubated in extracts of activated eggs nucleus-like structures are assembled possessing nuclear pores and a nuclear lamina.
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Krohne, G., Benavente, R. (1986). A Pool of Soluble Nuclear Lamins in Eggs and Embryos of Xenopus laevis . In: Peters, R., Trendelenburg, M. (eds) Nucleocytoplasmic Transport. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71565-5_12
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