EMB-30: An APC4 homologue required for metaphase-to-anaphase transitions during meiosis and mitosis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1401-1419

  Furuta, Tokiko ^a   Tuck, Simon ^b   Kirchner, Jay ^a   Koch, Bryan ^a   Auty, Roy ^a,e   Kitagawa, Risa ^c   Rose, Ann M ^c   Greenstein, David ^a,d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

M PROTEIN;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE PHASE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0034036432     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.4.1401     Document Type: Article

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