Polar body emission

Cytoskeleton

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 670-685

  Liu, X Johné ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acentrosomal spindle; Central spindle; Chromosome passenger complex; Contractile ring; Cytokinesis; F actin; Polar body; Rho family GTPases; Spindle assembly checkpoint; Spindle polarization

Indexed keywords

COHESIN; CYCLIN B; MATURATION PROMOTING FACTOR; METHENAMINE; NOCODAZOLE; PROTEIN CDC42; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CENTRIOLE; CENTROMERE; CONCEPTION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; HEPATOMA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERPHASE; M PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; POLAR BODY; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; POLAR BODIES; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; VERTEBRATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84867985318     PISSN: 19493584     EISSN: 19493592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.21041     Document Type: Review

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