Reciprocal localization of nod and kinesin fusion proteins indicates microtubule polarity in the Drosophila oocyte, epithelium, neuron and muscle

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 461-470

  Clark, Ira Edward ^a,b   Jan, Lily Yeh ^a   Jan, Yuh Nung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Epithelium; Kinesin; Localization; Microtubule; Muscle; Neuron; Nod; Oocyte; Polarity

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; KINESIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITE; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CROSSES, GENETIC; DENDRITES; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; KINESIN; MALE; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUSCLES; NEURONS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031040498     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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