Activation of the meiotic divisions in drosophila oocytes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-207

  Page, Andrea W ^a   Orr Weaver, Terry L ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; COLCHICINE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0031569325     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8506     Document Type: Article

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