Organisation of Xenopus oocyte and egg cortices

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 415-429

  Chang, Patrick ^a   Pérez Mongiovi, Daniel ^a   Houliston, Evelyn ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Actin; Cortical rotation; Cytoskeleton; Deep etch; Determinant; Endoplasmic reticulum; Germ plasm; Intermediate filament; Microtubule; MRNA localisation; Surface Contraction Waves

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; PROTEINS;

ACTIN; CORTICAL ROTATION; CYTOSKELETONS; DEEP ETCH; DETERMINANT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GERM PLASM; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; LOCALISATION; MICROTUBULES; MRNA LOCALIZATION; SURFACE CONTRACTION; SURFACE CONTRACTION WAVE;

ANIMALS;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOSKELETON; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; GERM LAYER; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345471942     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990315)44:6<415::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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