Phases of cytoplasmic and cortical reorganizations of the ascidian zygote between fertilization and first division

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 3101-3117

  Roegiers, Fabrice ^a,b   Djediat, Chakib ^a   Dumollard, Rémi ^a   Rouvière, Christian ^a   Sardet, Christian ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Cortex; Cytoplasmic domain; Cytoplasmic reorganization; Development; Egg; Fertilization; Zygote

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BODY PATTERNING; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOCHALASIN B; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FERTILIZATION; MEIOSIS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; NOCODAZOLE; ORGANELLES; TIME FACTORS; UROCHORDATA; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; ASTER; PHALLUSIA; PHALLUSIA MAMMILATA;

EID: 0032796757     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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