The fusome and microtubules enrich Par-1 in the oocyte, where it effects polarization in conjunction with Par-3, BicD, Egl, and Dynein

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 1524-1528

  Vaccari, Thomas ^a   Ephrussi, Anne ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

BAZOOKA PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; CARRIER PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; EGG PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; OO18 RNA BINDING PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; OO18 RNA-BINDING PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PAR 1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PAR-1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PROTEIN KINASE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SYCAUDALD PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; DYNEIN ATPASE; EGG PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; ORGANELLES; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0037015294     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01079-5     Document Type: Article

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