RNA sorting in Xenopus oocytes and embryos

FASEB Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 435-445

  Mowry, Kimberly L ^a   Cote, Colette A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A V axis; Oogenesis; Polarity; RNA binding protein; RNA localization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033009217     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.13.3.435     Document Type: Review

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