Mitochondrial small ribosomal RNA is a component of germinal granules in Xenopus embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 71-77

  Kashikawa, Maki ^a   Amikura, Reiko ^a   Kobayashi, Satoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germ plasm; Germinal granule; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial large rRNA; Mitochondrial small rRNA; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GERMINAL VESICLE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTRULA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOCHONDRIA; RIBOSOMES; RNA; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0035113826     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(00)00553-0     Document Type: Article

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