Drosophila unconventional myosin VI is involved in intra- and intercellular transport during oogenesis

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 652-662

  Bohrmann, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

95F myosin; Cytoskeleton; Microfilament; Mitochondria; Ring canal

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL GRANULE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MICROFILAMENT; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; MICROINJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MITOCHONDRIA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030695228     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050084     Document Type: Article

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