Microtubules in Xenopus oocytes are oriented with their minus-ends towards the cortex

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-43

  Pfeiffer, David C ^a,b   Gard, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b ROANOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeletal organization; Hook decoration; MT polarity; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; CYTOSKELETON; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES; OOCYTES; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032835292     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(199909)44:1<34::AID-CM3>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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