Centrosome-attracting body: A novel structure closely related to unequal cleavages in the ascidian embryo

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-95

  Hibino, Taku ^a,c   Nishikata, Takahito ^b   Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian embryo; Centrosome attracting body; Nuclear shift; Posterior cytoplasm; Unequal cleavage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BLASTOMERE; CENTROSOME; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN;

ANNELIDA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031943947     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1998.t01-5-00010.x     Document Type: Article

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