Deep cytoplasmic rearrangements in ventralized Xenopus embryos.

doi:10.1006/dbio.1993.1293

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Deep cytoplasmic rearrangements in ventralized Xenopus embryos.

Developmental biology - 1 Nov 1993

Brown E E, Denegre J M, Danilchik M V

Abstract excerpt

Following fertilization in Xenopus, dramatic rearrangements of the egg cytoplasm relocalize maternally synthesized egg components. During the first cell cycle the vegetal yolk mass rotates relative to the egg surface, toward the sperm entry point (SEP) (J. P. Vincent, G. F. Oster, and J. C. Gerha...

Topics

Animals
Cell Cycle
Cytoplasm
Egg Yolk
Embryo, Nonmammalian
Male
Ovum
Phenotype
Spermatozoa
Ultraviolet Rays
Xenopus

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