Zebrafish maternal-effect mutations causing cytokinesis defect without affecting mitosis or equatorial vasa deposition

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-89

  Kishimoto, Yasuyuki ^a,c   Koshida, Sumito ^a,d   Furutani Seiki, Makoto ^a   Kondoh, Hisato ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cleavage; Contractile ring; Cytokinesis; F actin; Maternal mutant; Microtubule; Screening; vasa; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN;

ACYTOKINESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOGENESIS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0347628813     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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