Confocal microscopy and 3-D reconstruction of the cytoskeleton of Xenopus oocytes

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 388-414

  Gard, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

F actin; Keratin filaments; Microfilaments; Microtubules; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; KERATIN;

CONFOCAL IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; CYTOSKELETONS; F-ACTIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; KERATIN FILAMENTS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MICROTUBULES; OOGENESIS; XENOPUS OOCYTE;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033558963     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0029(19990315)44:6<388::aid-jemt2>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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