Localization of a high molecular weight form of DNA topoisomerase I in amphibian oocytes

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 239-244

  Gebauer, Dagmar ^a   Mais, Christine ^a   Zinger, Kathrin ^a   Hock, Robert ^a   Lieb, Bernd ^a   Scheer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Camptothecin; DNA topoisomerase I; Lampbrush chromosomes; Nucleolus; Oocytes

Indexed keywords

CAMPTOTHECIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0029879346     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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