Polarity of the ascidian egg cortex and relocalization of cER and mRNAs in the early embryo

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2393-2404

  Prodon, François ^a,c   Dru, Philippe ^a   Roegiers, Fabrice ^b   Sardet, Christian ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortex; Development; Embryos; Endoplasmic reticulum; Oocytes; Polarity; RNA localization; Unequal division

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CENTROSOME; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GERM LINE; MEIOSIS; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE CORTEX; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; STEM CELL; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CENTROSOME; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; OOCYTES; RNA, MESSENGER, STORED; UROCHORDATA; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; HALOCYNTHIA RORETZI; PHALLUSIA MAMMILATA;

EID: 21044458151     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02366     Document Type: Article

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