Subcortical rotation in Xenopus eggs: An early step in embryonic axis specification

Nile red: a selective fluorescent stain for intracellular lipid droplets.

1985 • 2,346 citations

The “Organization Center” of the Amphibian Embryo: Its Origin, Spatial Organization, and Morphogenetic Action

1973 • 296 citations

Early cellular interactions promote embryonic axis formation in Xenopus laevis

1984 • 291 citations

Lithium-induced respecification of pattern in Xenopus laevis embryos

1986 • 253 citations

Kinematics of gray crescent formation in Xenopus eggs: The displacement of subcortical cytoplasm relative to the egg surface

1986 • 230 citations

Axis determination in eggs of Xenopus laevis: A critical period before first cleavage, identified by the common effects of cold, pressure and ultraviolet irradiation

1983 • 226 citations

Determination of the dorsal-ventral axis in eggs of Xenopus laevis: Complete rescue of uv-impaired eggs by oblique orientation before first cleavage

1980 • 226 citations

The Formation of the Mesoderm in Urodelean Amphibians

1969 • 159 citations

An electrical block is required to prevent polyspermy in eggs fertilized by natural mating of Xenopus laevis

1982 • 144 citations

Acquisition of developmental autonomy in the equatorial region of the Xenopus embryo

1986 • 143 citations

Recherches sur le déterminisme de la symétrie bilatérale dans l'œuf des amphibiens

1948 • 93 citations

The amphibian gray crescent region—A site of developmental information?

1972 • 90 citations

Experimental control of the site of embryonic axis formation in Xenopus laevis eggs centrifuged before first cleavage

1985 • 84 citations

The Morphogenetic Role of the Cortex of the Amphibian Egg

1964 • 71 citations

Association of an ultraviolet irradiation sensitive cytoplasmic localization with the future dorsal side of the amphibian egg

1975 • 68 citations

Changes in levels of polymeric tubulin associated with activation and dorsoventral polarization of the frog egg

1985 • 68 citations

The Amphibian Egg Cortex in Fertilization and Early Development

1980 • 67 citations

Experimental analyses of cytoplasmic rearrangements which follow fertilization and accompany symmetrization of invertedXenopuseggs

1984 • 66 citations

Subcortical rotation inXenopus eggs: A preliminary study of its mechanochemical basis

1987 • 63 citations

Formation of the amphibian grey crescent: Effects of colchicine and cytochalasin B

1978 • 60 citations

Changes of the external and internal pigment pattern upon fertilization in the egg of Xenopus laevis

1978 • 58 citations

On the possibility of sperm aster involvement in dorso-ventral polarization and pronuclear migration in the amphibian egg

1977 • 50 citations

Ultraviolet light inhibits grey crescent formation on the frog egg

1980 • 49 citations

Recherches sur les oeufs di- et trispermiques de grenouille

1911 • 28 citations

Axis determination in polyspermic Xenopus laevis eggs

1986 • 23 citations

Morphogenesis in the Amphibian Embryo

1965 • 8 citations