Drosophila incenp is required for cytokinesis and asymmetric cell division during development of the nervous system

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1144-1153

  Chang, Chih Jui ^a,b   Goulding, Sarah ^a,c   Adams, Richard R ^a,d   Earnshaw, William C ^a   Carmena, Mar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^c Midlothian Innovation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetric division; Chromosomal passengers; Cytokinesis; Drosophila; Incenp; Prospero

Indexed keywords

AURORA B KINASE; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; HISTONE H3; PROTEIN INCENP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC SCREENING; HOMOZYGOSITY; MALE; MITOSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POLYPLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CYTOKINESIS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

ANIMALIA; PROSPERO;

EID: 33645741916     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.02834     Document Type: Article

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