XB-ART-55674
Methods Mol Biol
2019 Jan 01;1920:265-275. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9009-2_15.
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Methods for Isolating the Balbiani Body/Germplasm from Xenopus laevis Oocytes.
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The Balbiani body (Bb) is a large membrane-less organelle, densely packed with mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, proteins, and RNA. The Bb is present in many vertebrate female gametes. In frogs, the Bb is established early during oogenesis and operates as a maternal inherited embryonic determinant that specifies germline identity through the formation of germplasm. We describe here two techniques to isolate the Bb/germplasm from Xenopus laevis primary oocytes.
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