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THE surface of the starfish oocyte is thought to carry receptors for 1-methyladenine (1-MA)1,2, which induces maturation division by some mechanism which is at present little understood. Using α-(1→6)-heterogalactan (HGaln) and α-(1→6)-galacto-oligosaccharides, which strongly inhibit the induction of maturation division by 1-MA, we have now obtained evidence that the receptor for HGaln is on the cell surface. We found that in the presence of HGaln, 1-MA did not activate the cell surface.
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SHIDA, H., SHIDA, M. Inhibitory effect of α-(1→6)-heterogalactan on oocyte maturation of starfish induced by 1-methyladenine. Nature 263, 77–79 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263077a0
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