Mutations in orbit/mast reveal that the central spindle is comprised of two microtubule populations, those that initiate cleavage and those that propagate furrow ingression

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-60

  Inoue, Yoshihiro H ^a   Savoian, Matthew S ^b   Suzuki, Takao ^a   Máthé, Endre ^b   Yamamoto, Masa Toshi ^a   Glover, David M ^b  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CLASP; Cytokinesis; Drosophila; MAP; Meiosis

Indexed keywords

AURORA B KINASE; GENE PRODUCT; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN CLASP; PROTEIN MAST; PROTEIN ORBIT; PROTEIN PAV KLP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MUTANT; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPERMATOCYTE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SPERMATIDS; SPERMATOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 3142773392     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200402052     Document Type: Article

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