Mutations in the α-tubulin 67C gene specifically impair achiasmate segregation in Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1137-1144

  Matthies, Heinrich J G ^a   Messina, Lisa G ^a   Namba, Ruria ^a   Greer, Kimberly J ^a   Walker, M Y ^a   Hawley, R Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Centromeres; Chromosome; Kinesin; Meiosis; Meiotic spindle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; KINESIN;

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MUTATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, INSECT; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE PROTEINS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NONDISJUNCTION, GENETIC; OOCYTES; TUBULIN; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033552614     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.6.1137     Document Type: Article

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