Isoforms of soluble α-tubulin in oocytes and brain of the frog (genus Rana): Changes during oocyte maturation

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2216-2223

  Wang, T ^a,b   Lessman, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DM1A; Isoelectric focusing; Microtubule; SDS PAGE; Species specificity; Two dimensional electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OLIGOMER; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FROG; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; FEMALE; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OOCYTES; PROGESTERONE; PROPHASE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RANIDAE; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 0036967327     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180200021     Document Type: Article

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