Structural and functional modifications of the nucleolus during previtellogenic oocyte growth in the lizard Podarcis sicula

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 413-420

  Tammaro, S ^a   Andreuccetti, P ^a   Filosa, S ^a   Indolfi, P ^a   Prisco, M ^a   Motta, C M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Dip Biologia Evolutiva e Comparata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunogold; Micronucleoli; Nucleolus; Oocyte; Reptiles; Spherical bodies

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; DNA; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYTES; RNA; SILVER STAINING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; URIDINE; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0031765384     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199812)51:4<413::AID-MRD8>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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