The let-99 gene is required for proper spindle orientation during cleavage of the C. elegans embryo

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1337-1346

  Rose, Lesilee S ^a,b   Kemphues, Ken ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric division; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cleavage; let 99; Nuclear rotation; Spindle orientation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL GRANULE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROSOME; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0031954429     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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