Regulation of cell polarity and RNA localization in vertebrate oocytes

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 306, Issue , 2013, Pages 127-185

  Houston, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate specification; Cell polarity; MRNA localization; Oogenesis; Vertebrate development; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYTOKERATIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GAMMA TUBULIN; GERMES PROTEIN; GRIP2 PROTEIN; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 6; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; P CADHERIN; PERILIPIN; PLIN2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGT PROTEIN; VIMENTIN; WNT11 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; BLASTOMA; CELL INCLUSION; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; GENOME; GERM LAYER; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MEIOSIS; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA STRUCTURE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

CELL FATE SPECIFICATION; CELL POLARITY; MRNA LOCALIZATION; OOGENESIS; VERTEBRATE DEVELOPMENT; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; HUMANS; OOCYTES; RNA; RNA TRANSPORT;

EID: 84883536244     PISSN: 19376448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407694-5.00004-3     Document Type: Chapter

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