Furrow-related contractions are inhibited but furrow-unrelated contractions are not affected in af mutant eggs of Xenopus laevis.

doi:10.1016/0012-1606(91)90293-c

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Furrow-related contractions are inhibited but furrow-unrelated contractions are not affected in af mutant eggs of Xenopus laevis.

Developmental biology - 1 Oct 1991

Asada-Kubota M, Kubota H Y

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In embryos from af mutant females of Xenopus laevis, the cleavage furrows stayed on the surface and cytoplasmic divisions did not take place at all, while nuclear divisions continued (Kubota et al., 1991). To gain insights into the roles of the normal product of af on early development, contracti...

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Animals
Cell Division
Microscopy, Electron
Mutation
Ovum
Xenopus laevis

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