XMAP230 is required for the assembly and organization of acetylated microtubules and spindles in Xenopus oocytes and eggs

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 2315-2327

  Cha, Byeong Jik ^a   Error, Brett ^a   Gard, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Meiosis; Microtubule associated protein (MAP); Oogenesis; Spindle assembly

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EGG; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVUM; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031715966     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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