Detection of prothymosin alpha in oocytes and embryos of Bufo arenarum

Zygote

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 347-350

  Barisone, Gustavo A ^b   Vega, Felix V ^a   Domingnez, Fernando ^c   Cabada, Marcelo O ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bufo arenarum; Embryos; Nucleus; Oocytes; Prothymosin alpha

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BUFO; BUFO ARENARUM;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTHYMOSIN ALPHA; THYMOSIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TOAD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BUFO ARENARUM; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OOCYTES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; THYMOSIN;

EID: 0032201434     PISSN: 09671994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0967199498000306     Document Type: Article

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