Follicle separation during Drosophila oogenesis requires the activity of the Kinesin II - Associated polypeptide Kap in germline cells

EMBO Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 510-514

  Pflanz, Ralf ^a   Peter, Annette ^a   Schäfer, Ulrich ^a   Jäckle, Herbert ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cellular transport; Drosophila; Oogenesi; Signalling

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; KINESIN; KINESIN ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MOLECULAR MOTOR; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AXONEME; AXOPLASM FLOW; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVITY; GERM LINE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MELANOSOME; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; KINESIN; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 2942552586     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400141     Document Type: Article

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