Determinants of cell and positional fate in ascidian embryos

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2001, Pages 3-62

  Jeffery, W R ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Cleavage pattern; Cytoplasmic determinants; Gastrulation; Localized mRNAs; Ooplasmic segregation; Specification mechanisms

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHALASIN B; MESSENGER RNA; NOCODAZOLE;

ASCIDIACEA; BLASTOMERE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035210398     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(01)03003-0     Document Type: Review

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