Patterns of importin-α expression during Drosophila spermatogenesis

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 279-290

  Giarrè, Marianna ^a   Török, Istvan ^a   Schmitt, Rolf ^a   Gorjánácz, Mátyás ^b   Kiss, István ^b   Mechler, Bernard M ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cloning; Drosophila; Importin ; Maternal effect mutation; Protein expression; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

KARYOPHERIN ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CHROMATIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM; SPERMATOZOON; TELOPHASE;

ALPHA KARYOPHERINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MITOSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036971529     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-8477(02)00543-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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