The microtubule motor cytoplasmic dynein is required for spindle orientation during germline cell divisions and oocyte differentiation in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2409-2419

  McGrail, Maura ^a,b   Hays, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric division; Cell fate; Drosophila; Dynein; Oogenesis; Spindle orientation

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DYNEIN ATPASE; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; OOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030762577     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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