Assembly and dynamics of an anastral:astral spindle: The meiosis II spindle of Drosophila oocytes

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2487-2495

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Tubulin; Anastral:astral spindle; Meiosis; Microtubule motor; Ncd

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KINESIN; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; OOCYTES; OVUM; TUBULIN;

EID: 0031690532     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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