Ultrastructural studies on the centrosome-attracting body: Electron- dense matrix and its role in unequal cleavages in ascidian embryos

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 601-609

  Iseto, Tohru ^a   Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian embryo; Centrosome attracting body; Electron dense matrix; Germ plasm; Unequal cleavage

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; INTERPHASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0032693437     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169x.1999.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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