Nuclear and spindle positioning during oocyte meiosis

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-84

  Fabritius, Amy S ^a   Ellefson, Marina L ^a   McNally, Francis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMINAL VESICLE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMES; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; ROTATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79951552071     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2010.07.008     Document Type: Review

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