The role of anillin in meiotic cytokinesis of Drosophila males

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2323-2334

  Giansanti, Maria Grazia ^a   Bonaccorsi, Silvia ^a   Gatti, Maurizio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anillin; Contractile ring; Cytokinesis; Drosophila; Fusome; Ring canal; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; ANILLIN; F ACTIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CYTOKINESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MALE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TELOPHASE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; SPERMATOGENESIS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032780711     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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