Surface contraction waves (scws) in the xenopus egg are required for the localization of the germ plasm and are dependent upon maternal stores of the kinesin-like protein xklp1

Developmental Biology

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 272-280

  Quaas, Josh ^a   Wylie, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KINESIN; PROTEIN XKLP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; GERM LINE; MICROTUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0037086325     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0564     Document Type: Article

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