The centrosome-attracting body, microtubule system, and posterior egg cytoplasm are involved in positioning of cleavage planes in the ascidian embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 72-85

  Nishikata, Takahito ^a   Hibino, Taku ^b   Nishida, Hiroki ^b  

^a KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian embryo; CAB; Kinesin; Microtubule; Unequal cleavage

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; KINESIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTION; CENTROSOME; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033135884     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9244     Document Type: Article

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