The meiotic spindle of the Drosophila oocyte: The role of centrosomin and the central aster

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2827-2836

  Riparbelli, Maria Giovanna ^a   Callaini, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abnormal spindle; Centrosomin; Drosophila; Female meiosis; Pavarotti; Spindle midzone

Indexed keywords

CENTROSOMIN; KINESIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PAVAROTTI PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CENTROSOME; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINDLE CELL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 23744497259     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02413     Document Type: Article

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