A maternal requirement for glutamine synthetase I for the mitotic cycles of syncytial Drosophila embryos

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2649-2660

  Frenz, Lisa M ^a   Glover, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Drosophila; Glutamine synthetase; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOPHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GIANT CELLS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXIDES; PARAQUAT; X-RAYS;

EID: 0029973958     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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