Albert Lasker
Basic Medical Research Award

Masui, Y. (1967) Relative roles of the pituitary, follicle cells, and progesterone in the induction of maturation in Rana pipiens. J. Exp. Zool. 166: 365–376.

Masui, Y. and Markert, C.L. (1971) Cytoplasmic control of nuclear behavior during meiotic maturation of frog oocytes. J. Exp. Zool. 177: 129–146.

Wasserman, W.J. and Masui, Y. (1975) Effects of cycloheximide on a cytoplasmic factor initiating meiotic maturation in Xenopus oocytes. Exptl. Cell Res. 91: 381–388.

Wasserman, W.J. and Masui, Y. (1976) A cytoplasmic factor promoting oocyte maturation: its extraction and preliminary characterization. Science 191: 1266–1268.

Lohka, M.J. and Masui, Y. (1983) Formation in vitro of sperm pronuclei and mitotic chromosomes induced by amphibian ooplasmic components. Science 220: 719–721.

Lohka, M.J. and Masui, Y. (1984) Effects of Ca2+ ions on the formation of metaphase chromosomes and sperm pronuclei in cell-free preparations from unactivated Rana pipiens eggs. Dev. Biol. 103: 434–442.