Interactions between chromosomes, microfilaments and microtubules revealed by the study of small GTPases in a big cell, the vertebrate oocyte

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 282, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 12-17

  Verlhac, Marie Hélène ^a   Dumont, Julien ^a  

^a Université René Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

Meiosis; Mouse; Oocyte; Small GTPases

Indexed keywords

ARF PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAB PROTEIN; RAN PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CHROMOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; MICE; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; XENOPUS;

EID: 39149121143     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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