Transition of the blastomere cell cycle from cell size-independent to size-dependent control at the midblastula stage in Xenopus laevis

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 128-144

  Wang, Ping ^a,b   Hayden, Stacey ^a   Masui, Yoshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; MATURATION PROMOTING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL CYCLE; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS INDEX; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLOIDY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CELL CYCLE; CELL SIZE; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MATURATION-PROMOTING FACTOR; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MITOTIC INDEX; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PLOIDIES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034235407     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-010X(20000701)287:2<128::AID-JEZ3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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