A functional analysis of inscuteable and its roles during Drosophila asymmetric cell divisions

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1541-1551

  Tio, Murni ^a   Zavortink, Michael ^a   Yang, Xiaohang ^a   Chia, William ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; Cell polarity; Neuronal cell fate

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GANGLION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; JUVENILE HORMONES; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PROSPERO;

EID: 0033017356     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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