Mutation of a gene for a Drosophila kinesin-like protein, Klp38B, leads to failure of cytokinesis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 945-954

  Ohkura, Hiroyuki ^a   Török, Tibor ^b   Tick, Gabriella ^b   Hoheisel, Jörg ^c   Kiss, István ^b   Glover, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokinesis; Drosophila; Kinesin; Klp38B

Indexed keywords

KINESIN;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME; CYTOKINESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MUTATION; LARVA; METAPHASE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, INSECT; KINESIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION;

EID: 0342872003     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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