Distribution of cytoplasmic determinants in unfertilized eggs of the ascidian Halocynthia roretzi

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 297-304

  Yamada, Atsuko ^a   Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian embryogenesis; Cell fusion; Cytoplasmic determinants; Cytoplasmic transfer; Polarity of unfertilized egg

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIGEN; MYOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; EPIDERMIS CELL; FERTILIZATION; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030461608     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050056     Document Type: Article

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