The fusome organizes the microtubule network during oocyte differentiation in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 4253-4264

  Grieder, N C ^a   de Cuevas, M ^a   Spradling, A C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

and tubulin; Axis formation; Drosophila; Fusome; GFP; Microtubules; NOD lacZ; Oocyte differentiation; Oogenesis; Polarity

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GERM CELL; INTERPHASE; MARKER GENE; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERPHASE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULES; MOVEMENT; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033767835     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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