Category:GO:0007343 ! egg activation

name: egg activation
namespace: biological_process
def: "The process in which the egg becomes metabolically active, initiates protein and DNA synthesis and undergoes structural changes to its cortex and/or cytoplasm." [GOC:bf, PMID:9630751]
xref: Wikipedia:Egg_activation
is_a: GO:0001775 ! cell activation
is_a: GO:0048610 ! cellular process involved in reproduction
relationship:part_of: GO:0007338 ! single fertilization

AmiGO

Child Terms

This term has the following 4 child terms, out of 4 total.

• [  ] GO:0060466 ! activation of meiosis involved in egg activation
• [+] GO:0060468 ! prevention of polyspermy (1)
• [  ] GO:0060469 ! positive regulation of transcription involved in egg activation
• [+] GO:0060470 ! elevation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration involved in egg activation (1)

Pages in category "GO:0007343 ! egg activation"

The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.