title: The balbiani body and the concept of physiological amyloids.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Systems Biology , Harvard Medical School , Boston , MA , USA.
authors.forename: Elvan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boke
authors.affiliation: a Department of Systems Biology , Harvard Medical School , Boston , MA , USA.
authors.forename: Timothy J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Mitchison
mesh_terms: D000682:Amyloid / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D059045:Chromosomal Puffs / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009865:Oocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D009866:Oogenesis; D014981:Xenopus; D029867:Xenopus Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; D029867:Xenopus Proteins
keywords: Xvelo; amyloid; balbiani body; oocyte; prion; self-assembly; velo1