Soluble tubulin complexes, γ-tubulin, and their changing distribution in the zebrafish (Danio rerio) ovary, oocyte and embryo

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-73

  Liu, Jianxiong ^a   Lessman, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; Microtubule; Ring complex; Tubulin oligomers; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; GAMMA TUBULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY GTU88; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY TU30; PACLITAXEL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; GASTRULA; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 33947613152     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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