The actin cytoskeleton is required for maintenance of posterior pole plasm components in the Drosophila embryo

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 85, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 111-122

  Lantz, Valerie A ^a,b   Clemens, Scott E ^a   Miller, Kathryn G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Posterior pole plasm; RNA localization

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; COLCHICINE; CYCLIN B; CYTOCHALASIN D; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; INSECT PROTEINS; RNA;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033167136     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00096-9     Document Type: Article

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