Drosophila PLUTONIUM protein is a specialized cell cycle regulator required at the onset of embryogenesis

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 583-593

  Elfring, Lisa K ^a   Axton, J Myles ^a,b   Fenger, Douglas D ^a   Page, Andrea W ^a   Carminati, Janet L ^a,c   Orr Weaver, Terry L ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; GENE PRODUCT; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030960799     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.8.4.583     Document Type: Article

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