Antagonistic microtubule-sliding motors position mitotic centrosomes in Drosopnifa early embryos

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-54

  Sharp, David J ^a   Yu, Kristina R ^b   Sisson, John C ^b   Sullivan, William ^b   Scholey, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KINESIN; KLP61F PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; NCD PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTROSOME; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CENTROSOME; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KINESIN; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033126118     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/9025     Document Type: Article

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