cyk-1: A C. elegans FH gene required for a late step in embryonic cytokinesis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2017-2027

  Swan, Kathryn A ^a   Severson, Aaron F ^a   Clayton Carter, J ^a   Martin, Paula R ^a,c   Schnabel, Heinke ^b   Schnabel, Ralf ^b   Bowerman, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cytokinesis; Embryogenesis; FH gene; Microfilaments; Microtubules

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO; GENE; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031818091     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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