Immunolocalization of α-tubulin, γ-tubulin, and CENP-E in male rat and male mouse meiotic divisions: Pathway of meiosis I spindle formation in mammalian spermatocytes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-37

  Kallio, Marko ^a,c   Mustalahti, Tero ^a   Yen, Tim J ^b   Lähdetie, Jaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTROMERE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPERMATOCYTE;

EID: 0032031875     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8822     Document Type: Article

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