Four-dimensional imaging of cytoskeletal dynamics in Xenopus oocytes and eggs

Differentiation

Volumn 71, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 518-527

  Bement, William M ^a   Sokac, Anna M ^b   Mandato, Craig A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

4D imaging; Cytoskeleton; Eggs; Embryos; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOSKELETON; EGG; EXOCYTOSIS; FOUR DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WOUND HEALING; XENOPUS;

ANURA; XENOPUS (GENUS); XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0345865119     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2003.07109005.x     Document Type: Review

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