Mutations in ooc-5 and ooc-3 disrupt oocyte formation and the reestablishment of asymmetric PAR protein localization in two-cell Caenorhabditis elegans embryos

Developmental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 253-263

  Basham, Stephen E ^a   Rose, Lesilee S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric division; Caenorhabditis elegans; ooc 3; ooc 5; Oogenesis; PAR localization; Polarity; Spindle orientation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SIZE; CENTROSOME; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; LETHAL MUTANT; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0033571036     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9447     Document Type: Article

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