Spindle dynamics during meiosis in Drosophila oocytes

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1321-1336

  Endow, Sharyn A ^a   Komma, Donald J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DROSOPHILA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE INSERTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KINESIN; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; OOCYTES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0030905889     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.137.6.1321     Document Type: Article

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