The surface contraction waves of Xenopus eggs reflect the metachronous cell-cycle state of the cytoplasm

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 451-454

  Rankin, Susannah ^a   Kirschner, Marc W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031172559     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(06)00192-8     Document Type: Article

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