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Egg Cell Compartmentalization

Egg Cell Compartmentalization is a structural and functional organization principle in developmental biology whereby the egg cell is divided into distinct, spatially segregated domains that establish cytoplasmic asymmetries essential for early embryonic patterning and cell fate determination.

48

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105

Authors

44

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2017–2026

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Ooplasmic Compartmentalization

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48

Organization of the sea urchin egg endoplasmic reticulum and its reorganization at fertilization.

Mark Terasaki, Laurinda A. Jaffe · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1991 · 225 citations · Full text

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A yellow crescent cytoskeletal domain in ascidian eggs and its role in early development

William R. Jeffery, Stephen Meier · Developmental Biology · 1983 · 185 citations

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Oöplasmic segregation and secretion in the Pelvetia egg is accompanied by a membrane-generated electrical current

Richard Nuccitelli · Developmental Biology · 1978 · 128 citations

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Studies on sulfhydryl groups during cell division of sea-urchin eggs

Hikoichi Sakai · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biophysics including Photosynthesis · 1966 · 115 citations

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EGG-3 Regulates Cell-Surface and Cortex Rearrangements during Egg Activation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Rika Maruyama, Nathalie V. Velarde, Richard Klancer et al. · Current Biology · 2007 · 104 citations · Full text

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Authors

105

  1. WR
    William R. Jeffery

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    4 publications · 365 citations

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  2. MT
    Mark Terasaki

    UConn Health, United States

    2 publications · 293 citations

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  3. JE
    Johanna E. Speksnijder

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    2 publications · 83 citations

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  4. GI
    G. Ian Gallicano

    Georgetown University, United States

    2 publications · 66 citations

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  5. MS
    Michael Sumner

    University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 40 citations

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Institutions

44

  1. Marine Biological Laboratory

    Woods Hole, United States

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    285 citations

  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    512 citations

  3. Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research

    Utrecht, Netherlands

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    388 citations

  4. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    67 citations

  5. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    356 citations

  6. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    186 citations

  7. University of Zagreb

    Zagreb, Croatia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    52 citations

  8. Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute

    Piscataway, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    104 citations

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Venues

  1. Developmental Biology

    8 publications · 612 citations

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  2. Experimental Cell Research

    ECR · 4 publications · 122 citations

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  3. Nature

    3 publications · 200 citations

    3

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  4. Science

    3 publications · 169 citations

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  5. Canadian Journal of Botany

    2 publications · 40 citations

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