mei-41 is required for precocious anaphase in Drosophila females

Chromosoma

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 44-49

  McKim, K S ^a,b   Jang, J K ^a,b   Sekelsky, J J ^a   Laurencon, Anne ^a   Hawley, R Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL MUTANT; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME; CROSSING OVER; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE CONTROL; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EGG PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OOCYTES; PROTEIN KINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033917161     PISSN: 00095915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004120050411     Document Type: Article

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