Spherical bodies present within the germinal vesicle of Podarcis sicula previtellogenic oocyte derive from the temporaneous inactivation of ribosomal genes

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-328

  Loredana, Ricchiari ^a,b   Marina, Prisco ^a   Stefania, Tammaro ^a   Motta, Chiara Maria ^a   Isabella, Pugliese ^a   Piero, Andreuccetti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Biologia Evolutiva e Comparata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nucleolus; Reptiles; Ribosomal genes; Spherical bodies; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSAMINE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; DNA STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GERMINAL VESICLE; LIZARD; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOLUS; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PODARCIS SICULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA SYNTHESIS; TIME; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; PODARCIS; PODARCIS SICULA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037353874     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10028     Document Type: Article

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