Drosophila par-1 is required for oocyte differentiation and microtubule organization

Current Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 75-87

  Cox, Daniel N ^a   Lu, Bingwei ^a   Sun, Tian Qiang ^a,b   Williams, Lewis T ^a,b   Jan, Yuh Nung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; MAMMALIA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0035936575     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(01)00027-6     Document Type: Article

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