Reconstitution of microtubule nucleation potential in centrosomes isolated from Spisula solidissima oocytes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 943-953

  Schnackenberg, Bradley J ^a   Hull, Dawn R ^a   Balczon, Ronald D ^c   Palazzo, Robert E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrosome; Meiosis; Microtubule; Mitosis; MTOC; Spisula solidissima

Indexed keywords

GAMMA TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CENTROSOME; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; INTERPHASE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; CENTROMERE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULES; OOCYTES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; SPISULA; SPISULA SOLIDISSIMA;

EID: 0034126839     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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