Myosin light chain-activating phosphorylation sites are required for oogenesis in Drosophila

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1805-1819

  Jordan, Pascale ^a   Karess, Roger ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CYTOKINESIS; DROSOPHILA; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GLUTAMIC ACID; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; OOGENESIS; OVUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; SERINE; THREONINE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031416614     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.139.7.1805     Document Type: Article

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