Contribution of METRO pathway localized molecules to the organization of the germ cell lineage

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 81-93

  Kloc, Malgorzata ^a   Larabell, Carolyn ^b   Chan, Agnes Pui Yee ^a   Etkin, Laurence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Germ plasm; Oogenesis; RNA localization; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GERM CELL; GERMINAL CENTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0032124460     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00086-0     Document Type: Article

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