Calcium transients accompany ooplasmic segregation in zebrafish embryos

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-326

  Leung, Christina F ^a   Webb, Sarah E ^a   Miller, Andrew L ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aequorin; Calcium; Ooplasmic segregation; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AEQUORIN; BUFFER; CALCIUM ION; CYTOCHALASIN B; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031836091     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1998.t01-1-00007.x     Document Type: Article

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