Immunodetection of cytoskeletal structures and the Eg5 motor protein on deep-etch replicas of Xenopus egg cortices isolated during the cortical rotation

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 89-98

  Chang, Patrick ^a   LeGuellec, Katherine ^b   Houliston, Evelyn ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Eg5; Egg cortex; Immuno gold; Xenopus egg

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOKERATIN; KINESIN; EG5 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; FREEZE ETCHING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; FREEZE ETCHING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINESIN; OOCYTES; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0030838475     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0248-4900(97)83524-1     Document Type: Article

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