On the formation of amplified nucleoli during early Xenopus oogenesis

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 214-226

  Mais, Christine ^a   McStay, Brian ^a   Scheer, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplified nucleoli; Fibrillarin; Nucleolar organizer (NOR); Nucleolin; Nucleologenesis; Nucleolus; Oogenesis; Prenucleolar bodies (PNBs); rDNA; rRNA genes; UBF; Xenopus oocyte

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OOCYTES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036969270     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(02)00526-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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