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SUBMITTER: David Haselbach
PROVIDER: EMPIAR-11274 | biostudies-other |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

Nature 20230118 7945
Ribosomes are produced in large quantities during oogenesis and are stored in the egg. However, the egg and early embryo are translationally repressed<sup>1-4</sup>. Here, using mass spectrometry and cryo-electron microscopy analyses of ribosomes isolated from zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Xenopus laevis eggs and embryos, we provide molecular evidence that ribosomes transition from a dormant state to an active state during the first hours of embryogenesis. Dormant ribosomes are associated with fou ...[more]