Microtubule and microfilament dynamics in rat embryos during the two-cell block in vitro

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 281, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-153

  Matsumoto, Hiromichi ^a   Shoji, Naoki ^a   Umezu, Motoaki ^a   Sato, Eimei ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CLEAVAGE STAGE, OVUM; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032104819     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980601)281:2<149::AID-JEZ9>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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