Structure and microtubule-nucleation activity of isolated Drosophila embryo centrosomes characterized by whole mount scanning and transmission electron microscopy

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 325-334

  Lange, B M H ^a   Kirfel, G ^b   Gestmann, I ^b   Herzog, V ^b   Gonzalez C ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Centrosome; Drosophila; Microtubule; MTOC; SEM; TEM; Whole mount preparation

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; GAMMA TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CENTRIOLE; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAINING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 27744479147     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-005-0032-x     Document Type: Article

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