Intrinsic chiral properties of the Xenopus egg cortex: An early indicator of left-right asymmetry

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 4517-4526

  Danilchik, Michael V ^a   Brown, Elizabeth E ^a   Riegert, Kristen ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Axis formation; Cytoskeleton; Egg; Left right asymmetry; Microtubule; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DIACETYL OXIME; F ACTIN;

ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHIRALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INTESTINE; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; OOCYTE CORTEX; PARTHENOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL POLARITY; DIACETYL; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; OVUM; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33845881155     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02642     Document Type: Article

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