Isolation of actin-associated proteins from Caenorhabditis elegans oocytes and their localization in the early embryo

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1541-1549

  Aroian, Raffi V ^a   Field, Christine ^a   Pruliere, Gerard ^a,b   Kenyon, Cynthia ^a   Alberts, Bruce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell polarity; Development; Embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ANTIBODY;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; OOCYTES;

EID: 0030894634     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.7.1541     Document Type: Article

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