Midblastula transition (MBT) of the cell cycles in the yolk and pigment granule-free translucent blastomeres obtained from centrifugea Xenopus embryos

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 283-294

  Iwao, Yasuhiro ^a   Uchida, Yoshihisa ^a   Ueno, Shuichi ^a   Yoshizaki, Norio ^b   Masui, Yoshio ^c  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cleavage; Frog; Midblastula transition; S phase

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CENTRIFUGATION; EGG YOLK; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; BLASTULA; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SIZE; CENTRIFUGATION; DNA; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; S PHASE; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS (GENUS);

EID: 23244467271     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2005.00802.x     Document Type: Article

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