Blastomeres show differential fate changes in 8-cell xenopus laevis embryos that are rotated 90°before first cleavage

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-198

  Huang, Sen ^a   Johnson, Kurt E ^a   Wang, H Z Pearl ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleavage; Cortical rotation; Cytoplasm; Dorsal axis; Gravity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GRAVITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031943903     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1998.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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