A putative exchange factor for Rho1 GTPase is required for initiation of cytokinesis in Drosophila

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2301-2314

  Prokopenko, Sergei N ^a   Brumby, Anthony ^b   O'Keefe, Louise ^b   Prior, Leanne ^b   He, Yuchun ^a   Saint, Robert ^b   Bellen, Hugo J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contractile ring; Cytokinesis; Pebble; RhoGEF; Rhol GTPase

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RHO FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOKINESIS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANELLES; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033200353     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.17.2301     Document Type: Article

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