Actin filaments: Key players in the control of asymmetric divisions in mouse oocytes

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-76

  Azoury, Jessica ^a   Verlhac, Marie Hélène ^a   Dumont, Julien ^a,b  

^a Université René Descartes   (France)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin microfilament; Asymmetric division; Cortical differentiation; Meiosis; Oocyte; Spindle positioning

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; METHENAMINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MIGRATION; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MEIOSIS; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; MICE; MICROFILAMENTS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 58149389098     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: 1768322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20080003     Document Type: Review

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