Confocal microscopy analysis of living Xenopus eggs and the mechanism of cortical rotation

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1281-1289

  Larabell, Carolyn A ^a   Rowning, Brian A ^a   Wells, Jonathan ^a   Wu, Mike ^a   Gerhart, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cortical rotation; Microtubule; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; EGG YOLK; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROTUBULES; ORGANELLES; TUBULIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZYGOTE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0029862883     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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