Functional involvement of Xenopus LIM kinases in progression of oocyte maturation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 554-567

  Takahashi, Tomoyuki ^a   Koshimizu, Uichi ^a   Abe, Hiroshi ^b   Obinata, Takashi ^b   Nakamura, Toshikazu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cofilin; LIM domain; LIM kinase; Microtubule organizing center; Oocyte maturation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COFILIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIM PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; XENOPUS;

XENOPUS;

EID: 0035862811     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9999     Document Type: Article

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