The eggshell in the C. elegans oocyte-to-embryo transition

Genesis

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 333-349

  Johnston, Wendy L ^a   Dennis, James W ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chitin; ECM; EGG 1; Extracellular matrix; Fertilization; MBK 2; Polar body; Polarity; Polyspermy

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CYTOCHROME P450; DANAZOL; GLUCOSAMINE PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; LIPID; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SUGAR NUCLEOTIDE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SURFACE; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CYTOSKELETON; DEGRANULATION; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FERTILIZATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; MEIOSIS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OSMOSIS; POLAR BODY; POLYSPERMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPERM; SPERMATHECA; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; EGG SHELL; FERTILIZATION; MALE; MEIOSIS; OSMOSIS; POLAR BODIES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SPERMATOZOA; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84859502438     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20823     Document Type: Review

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