The Tomaj mutant alleles of αTubulin67C reveal a requirement for the encoded maternal specific tubulin isoform in the sperm aster, the cleavage spindle apparatus and neurogenesis during embryonic development in Drosophila

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 887-896

  Máthá, Endre ^a   Boros, Imre ^a,b   Jósvay, Katalin ^a   Li, Kaijun ^c   Puro, Jaakko ^d   Kaufman, Thomas C ^c   Szabad, János ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

tubulin; Drosophila; Female sterility; Microtubule; Sperm aster

Indexed keywords

TUBULIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; MEIOSIS; MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; SPERM;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; COLD; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GERM CELLS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ISOMERISM; MALE; MEIOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TUBULIN;

EID: 2642714119     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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