Xenopus Xpat protein is a major component of germ plasm and may function in its organisation and positioning

Developmental Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-300

  Machado, Rachel J ^a,d   Moore, Wendy ^a   Hames, Richard ^a   Houliston, Evelyn ^b   Chang, Patrick ^b   King, Mary Lou ^c   Woodland, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Germ line; Germ plasm; Microtubules; Mitochondrial cloud; Oocyte; Xenopus; Xpat

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN XPAT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERMPLASM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROFILAMENT; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 27744509785     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.08.044     Document Type: Article

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