FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term egg activation ID (Ontology) GO:0007343 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The process in which the egg becomes metabolically active, initiates protein and DNA synthesis and undergoes structural changes to its cortex and/or cytoplasm.[ PubMed:9630751 ]
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      15
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 egg activation (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      15
     involved_in | egg activation      15
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fertilization
 |__single fertilization__________
cellular process                  |
 |__cell activation_______________|
multicellular organismal process  |
 |__cell activation_______________|
                                  egg activation  15 rec.
                                   |__activation of meiosis involved in egg activation
                                   |__positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration involved in egg activation
                                   |   |__positive regulation of cortical granule exocytosis by positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration
                                   |__prevention of polyspermy
                                       |__cortical granule exocytosis
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Is a cell activation
Part of single fertilization
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Wikipedia:Egg_activation