Egg jelly layers of Xenopus laevis are unique in ultrastructure and sugar distribution

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 212-220

  Bonnell, Barry S ^a   Chandler, Douglas E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Egg jelly; Extracellular matrix; Fertilization; Freeze etching; Lectin staining; Quick freezing

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FERTILIZATION; FREEZE ETCHING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FEMALE; OVUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029898922     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199606)44:2<212::AID-MRD10>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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