RNA transport to the vegetal cortex of Xenopus oocytes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 173-183

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CORTEX; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSPORT; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030579189     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0249     Document Type: Article

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