Cadherin-catenin complexes during zebrafish oogenesis: Heterotypic junctions between oocytes and follicle cells

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 692-704

  Cerdà, Joan ^a   Reidenbach, Sonja ^a   Prätzel, Silke ^a   Franke, Werner W ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; CATENIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; UVOMORULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAP JUNCTION; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SOMATIC CELL; ZEBRA FISH;

ALPHA CATENIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GAMMA CATENIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032780183     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod61.3.692     Document Type: Article

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