Identification of critical domains and putative partners for the Caenorhabditis elegans spindle component LIN-5

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 271, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 532-544

  Fisk Green, R ^a   Lorson, M ^a,c   Walhout, A J M ^b,d   Vidal, M ^b   Van Den Heuvel, S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; gpr 1 gpr 2; lin 5; Mitotic spindle; Two hybrid analysis

Indexed keywords

LIN 5 INTERACTING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN LIN 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; GENES, HELMINTH; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 3142759493     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-004-1012-x     Document Type: Article

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