ReviewWormBook : the online review of C. elegans biology2018
The C. elegans eggshell.
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- Outer kinetochore proteins form linear elements to regulate vesicle transport.Journal of cell science · 2026Article
- Oocyte surface proteins EGG-1 and EGG-2 are required for eggshell integrity in Caenorhabditis elegans.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Article
- Temperature and salinity as key drivers of eggs hatching success in sibling species of theParasitology · 2026Article
- Oocyte surface proteins EGG-1 and EGG-2 are required for eggshell integrity inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- A sperm-oocyte protein partnership required for egg activation in Caenorhabditis elegans.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
- Spatiotemporal single-cell architecture of gene expression in the Caenorhabditis elegans germ cells.Cell discovery · 2025Article
- Securin regulates the spatiotemporal dynamics of separase.The Journal of cell biology · 2025Article
- 4D Microscopy and Tracking of Chromosomes and the Spindle in C. elegans Early Embryos.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Mechanical force of uterine occupation enables large vesicle extrusion from proteostressed maternal neurons.eLife · 2024Article
- The Caenorhabditis elegans cuticle and precuticle: a model for studying dynamic apical extracellular matrices in vivo.Genetics · 2024Review
- Mechanical force of uterine occupation enables large vesicle extrusion from proteostressed maternal neurons.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Transcriptomic Analysis of the Spatiotemporal Axis of Oogenesis and Fertilization inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Natural variation in theeLife · 2024Article
- MARC-3, a membrane-associated ubiquitin ligase, is required for fast polyspermy block in Caenorhabditis elegans.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Transcriptomic analysis of the spatiotemporal axis of oogenesis and fertilization inFrontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2024Article
- Securin Regulates the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Separase.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Modulation of LPS-Induced Neurodegeneration by Intestinal Helminth Infection in Ageing Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Nematode eggshells: A new anatomical and terminological framework, with a critical review of relevant literature and suggested guidelines for the interpretation and reporting of eggshell imagery.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2023Review
- The developmental and structural uniqueness of the embryo of the extremophile viviparous nematode,Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- The ERM-1 membrane-binding domain directs erm-1 mRNA localization to the plasma membrane in the C. elegans embryo.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2022Article
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Abstract
In all animals, oocytes are surrounded by an extracellular matrix upon fertilization. This matrix serves similar purposes in each animal. It functions to mediate sperm binding, to prevent polyspermy, to control the chemical environment of the embryo, and to provide physical protection to the embryo as it developes. The synthesis of the C. elegans matrix, or eggshell, begins when the oocyte enters the spermatheca and is fertilized by a single sperm. The process of eggshell synthesis is thought to take place during the completion of the maternal meiotic divisions such that the multi-layered eggshell is completed by anaphase II. The synthesis of the eggshell occurs in a hierarchical pattern in which the outermost layers are synthesized first in order to capture and retain the innermost layers as they form. Recent studies have revealed that the lipid-rich permeability barrier is distinct from the outer trilaminar eggshell. These new findings alter our previous understanding of the eggshell. This chapter aims to define each of the eggshell layers and the molecules that are known to play significant roles in their formation.
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