Drosophila Lissencephaly-1 functions with Bic-D and dynein in oocyte determination and nuclear positioning

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 444-449

  Swan, Andrew ^a   Nguyen, Thuy ^a   Suter, Beat ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; VERTEBRATA;

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; EGALITARIAN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; INSECT PROTEIN; LIS 1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; LIS-1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SYCAUDALD PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; DYNEIN ATPASE; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); INSECT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0033224241     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/15680     Document Type: Article

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