Three distinct RNA localization mechanisms contribute to oocyte polarity establishment in the cnidarian Clytia hemisphærica

Developmental Biology

Volumn 327, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 191-203

  Amiel, Aldine ^a,b   Houliston, Evelyn ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Clytia; Cnidaria; Frizzled; Meiotic maturation; Microtubule; Oocyte polarity; Oogenesis; RNA localization; Wnt

Indexed keywords

FRIZZLED PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN CHEFZ1; PROTEIN CHEFZ3; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CLYTIA HEMISPHAERICA; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO AXIS; FERTILIZATION; GONAD; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEIOSIS; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CLYTIA; CLYTIA HEMISPHAERICA; CNIDARIA; HYDROIDA;

EID: 59649093822     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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