Asymmetric cell division: Fly neuroblast meets worm zygote

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 68-75

  Doe, Chris Q ^a   Bowerman, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAZOOKA; PROTEIN DMPAR6; PROTEIN KINASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODIVERSITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FLY; MICROFILAMENT; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TELOPHASE; WORM; ZYGOTE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035141286     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(00)00176-9     Document Type: Review

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