Actin-based spindle positioning: New insights from female gametes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 477-483

  Almonacid, Maria ^a,b,c   Terret, Marie Émilie ^a,b,c   Verlhac, Marie Hélène ^a,b,c  

^a Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

^b Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer   (France)

^c Memolife Laboratory of Excellence and Paris Science Lettre   (France)

Author keywords

Asymmetric division; Cortex; F actin; Meiosis; Oocyte; Spindle

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC DIVISION; CORTEX; F-ACTIN; MEIOSIS; OOCYTE; SPINDLE;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MICROTUBULES; OOCYTES; SPINDLE APPARATUS;

EID: 84894030627     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.142711     Document Type: Note

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