Xotx1 maternal transcripts are vegetally localized in Xenopus laevis oocytes

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 111-114

  Pannese, Maria ^a   Cagliani, Rachele ^a   Pardini, Celia Leonor ^a   Boncinelli, Edoardo ^a,b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; Homeobox; Localized mRNA; Oocyte polarity; Otx1; Vegetal cortex; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OOCYTES; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0033991529     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00228-2     Document Type: Article

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