Cytoplasmic transport in Drosophila ovarian follicles: The migration of microinjected fluorescent probes through intercellular bridges depends neither on electrical charge nor on external osmolarity

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 499-507

  Bohrmann, Johannes ^a   Schill, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical gradient; In vitro culture; Microinjection; Ring canal; Video microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TRANSPORT; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDER;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OOCYTES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030748363     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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