title: Microtubules and specification of the dorsoventral axis in frog embryos.
abstract: The body plan of the frog is set-up by a rearrangement of the egg cytoplasm shortly after fertilization. Microtubules play several roles in this critical developmental event.
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Elinson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001755:Blastocyst / Q000502:physiology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D004627:Embryonic Induction / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008870:Microtubules / Q000502:physiology*; D009672:Notochord / Q000196:embryology; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions / Q000502:physiology; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology*