Cell-Cycle Control in Oocytes and During Early Embryonic Cleavage Cycles in Ascidians

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 297, Issue , 2012, Pages 235-264

  McDougall, Alex ^a   Chenevert, Janet ^a   Dumollard, Remi ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OCÉANOGRAPHIE DE VILLEFRANCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; Cell cycle; Embryonic development; Fertilization; Meiosis; Phallusia; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 1; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIVISION; CENTROSOME; CHORDATA; CYTOLOGY; ECDYSOZOA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELL; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPINDLE CELL; YEAST CELL;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; PHALLUSIA; PHALLUSIA MAMMILATA;

EID: 84861116200     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394308-8.00006-6     Document Type: Chapter

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