Jose Raul Gonzalez-Garcia et al.
Journal of cell science, 127(Pt 12), 2749-2760 (2014-04-18)
Egg activation at fertilization in mammals is initiated by prolonged Ca(2+) oscillations that trigger the completion of meiosis and formation of pronuclei. A fall in mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activity is essential for pronuclear formation, but the precise timing and