A two-component cytoskeletal system of Xenopus laevis egg cortex: Concept of its contractility

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 843-851

  Ryabova, Lyuba V ^a   Vassetzky, Sergei G ^a  

^a KOL TSOV INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Actin; Amphibians; Cortex contractility; Cytoskeleton; Oocyte maturation

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN B; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CYTOSKELETON; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CORTEX; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; OVUM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031472322     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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