Structure and function of the egg cortex from oogenesis through fertilization

Developmental Biology

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-23

  Sardet, Christian ^a   Prodon, François ^a   Dumollard, Rémi ^a   Chang, Patrick ^a   Chênevert, Janet ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Cortex; Cytoskeleton; Egg; Fertilization; Maturation; mRNA localization; Oocyte; Oogenesis; Polarity

Indexed keywords

ACTIN FILAMENT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL FUSION; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO POLARITY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXOCYTOSIS; FERTILIZATION; MICROFILAMENT; OOCYTE CORTEX; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VITELLOGENESIS; XENOPUS;

EID: 0036145748     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0474     Document Type: Review

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