A kinesin-like protein is required for germ plasm aggregation in xenopus

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 823-831

  Robb, Denise L ^a   Heasman, Janet ^a   Raats, Jos ^b   Wylie, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030606271     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81990-X     Document Type: Article

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