Functional role of a high mol mass protein complex in the sea urchin yolk granule

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 201-211

  Perera, Aruni ^a   Davis, Philip ^a   Robinson, John J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Membrane dynamics; Toposome; Yolk granule

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; EDETIC ACID; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEASOME; REDUCING AGENT; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATION; EGG; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MAPPING; GRANULE CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GEL BLOT ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EGG PROTEINS; LIPOSOMES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTEIN BINDING; SEA URCHINS;

ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 2442492851     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2004.00737.x     Document Type: Article

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