Localization of Xcat-2 RNA, a putative germ plasm component, to the mitochondrial cloud in Xenopus stage I oocytes

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2947-2953

  Zhou, Yi ^a,b   King, Mary Lou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Germ plasm; Localized maternal mRNA; Mitochondrial cloud; Oocyte; Xcat 2; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSPORT; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROINJECTIONS; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029813914     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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