Ooplasmic segregation in the zebrafish zygote and early embryo: Pattern of ooplasmic movements and transport pathways

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2172-2189

  Fuentes, Ricardo ^a   Fernández, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic movements; Early zebrafish development; Maternal mRNA localization and transportation; Ooplasmic domains; Ooplasmic segregation; Zygote cytoskeleton; Zygote development

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTODISC; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; INTERPHASE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH; ZYGOTE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BODY PATTERNING; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; INCLUSION BODIES; MICROTUBULES; OOCYTES; ORGANELLES; RNA, MESSENGER; ZEBRAFISH; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 77954975718     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22349     Document Type: Article

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