Importin-α2 is critically required for the assembly of ring canals during Drosophila oogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 271-282

  Gorjánácz, Mátyás ^a   Ádám, Géza ^a   Török, István ^b   Mechler, Bernard M ^b   Szlanka, Tamás ^a   Kiss, István ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin; Drosophila; Importin 2; Kelch; NLS; Oogenesis; Ring canal

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN D; F ACTIN; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA; KARYOPHERIN ALPHA2; KELCH PROTEIN; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; EGG; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; OOCYTE; OOCYTE CORTEX; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

EID: 0036434098     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0827     Document Type: Article

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