Genetic interactions of separase regulatory subunits reveal the diverged Drosophila Cenp-C homolog

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2041-2053

  Heeger, Sebastian ^a   Leismann, Oliver ^a,b   Schittenhelm, Ralf ^a   Schraidt, Oliver ^a   Heidmann, Stefan ^a   Lehner, Christian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenp A; Cenp C; Centromere; Kinetochore; Separase

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINDLE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; EYE ABNORMALITIES; GENES, INSECT; KINETOCHORES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; WING;

EID: 24344438173     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.347805     Document Type: Article

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