In vivo analyses of cytoplasmic transport and cytoskeletal organization during Drosophila oogenesis: Characterization of a multi-step anterior localization pathway

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3655-3666

  Theurkauf, William E ^a   Hazelrigg, Tulle I ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic transport; Drosophila; Microtubule; Oogenesis; Ring canal

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO POLARITY; FEMALE; LASER MICROSCOPY; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BODY PATTERNING; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EGG PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; OOGENESIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031711317     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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