Localization of mitochondrial large ribosomal RNA in the myoplasm of the early ascidian embryo

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Oka, Takuya ^a,c   Amikura, Reiko ^b   Kobayashi, Satoru ^b   Yamamoto, Hiroki ^a   Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Embryogenesis; In situ hybridization; Mitochondrial large ribosomal RNA; Myoplasm

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NONHUMAN; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CELL LINEAGE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLES; RNA; STEM CELLS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0032986080     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169x.1999.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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