Subcellular localization of Bic-D::GFP is linked to an asymmetric oocyte nucleus

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2119-2127

  Paré, Chantal ^a   Suter, Beat ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicaudal D; Differentiation; Drosophila melanogaster; GFP; Microtubule transport; Nuclear asymmetry; Nuclear positioning; Oogenesis; Polarity formation

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; OOCYTES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0033946844     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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