The centrosome of the early C. elegans embryo: inheritance, assembly, replication, and developmental roles

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 49, Issue , 1999, Pages 365-384

  O'Connell, Kevin F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CENTROSOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CENTROSOME; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 0034565938     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(99)49018-0     Document Type: Review

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