Formation and localization of cytoplasmic domains in leech and ascidian zygotes

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1075-1084

  Fernández, Juan ^a   Roegiers, Fabrice ^b   Cantillana, Viviana ^a   Sardet, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic domains; Leech and ascidian zygotes; Ooplasmic segregation; Zygote cytoskeleton

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ASCIDIACEA; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSKELETON; FERTILIZATION; LEECH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; FERTILIZATION; INTERPHASE; LEECHES; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; UROCHORDATA; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031774663     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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