Profilin is required for posterior patterning of the Drosophila oocyte

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2109-2116

  Manseau, Lynn ^a   Galley, John ^a   Phan, Huy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior posterior; cappuccino; Drosophila oocyte; Profilin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN D; MESSENGER RNA; PROFILIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CYTOCHALASIN D; CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INSECT HORMONES; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OOGENESIS; PROFILINS; PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030036816     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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