oocytelike

comparative more oocytelike · superlative most oocytelike

1. Resembling or characteristic of an oocyte.

   Surprisingly, activation of oocytes occurred in the absence of meiotic resumption, resulting in cells with an oocytelike nucleus and interior cytoplasm, but with a zygotelike cortex.

   1989 January 3, W M Bement, D G Capco, “Activators of protein kinase C trigger cortical granule exocytosis, cortical contraction, and cleavage furrow formation in Xenopus laevis oocytes and eggs.”, in Journal of Cell Biology