Cytoplasmic dynein is required for distinct aspects of MTOC positioning, including centrosome separation, in the one cell stage Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 135-150

  Gönczy, Pierje ^a   Pichler, Silke ^b   Kirkham, Matthew ^b   Hyman, Anthony A ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Microtubules; Minus end directed motor; Mitosis; MTOC positioning; RNAi

Indexed keywords

DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CENTROSOME; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROSOME; CYTOPLASM; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; DYNEIN ATPASE; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TIME FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0342265157     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.147.1.135     Document Type: Article

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