Figure 1From: Maternal Oct-4 is a potential key regulator of the developmental competence of mouse oocytesDown-regulation of Stella gene expression in MIINSN oocytes. The gel electrophoresis is representative of the relative number of transcripts for each of the five maternal-effect genes analysed. When comparing MIINSN with MIISN oocytes, of the five genes analysed, only Stella was significantly regulated with a 1.4-fold down-regulation in MIINSN oocytes. Samples 1–3 are three different single MIISN oocytes; samples 4–6 are three different single MIINSN oocytes; ∅1, RT blank; ∅2, first PCR blank; ∅3, second PCR blank; M, low mass ladder marker.Back to article page