The Drosophila NuMA Homolog Mud Regulates Spindle Orientation in Asymmetric Cell Division

Developmental Cell

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 731-742

  Bowman, Sarah K ^a   Neumüller, Ralph A ^a   Novatchkova, Maria ^a,b   Du, Quansheng ^c   Knoblich, Juergen A ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CELLBIO; DEVBIO; STEMCELL

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; BRAT PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; MUD PROTEIN; NUCLEAR MITOTIC APARATUS PROTEIN; PARTNER OF INSCUTEABLE PROTEIN; PROSPERO PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER CELL; DROSOPHILA; MICROTUBULE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TUMOR;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BINDING SITES; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE DISSOCIATION INHIBITORS; INSECT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR MATRIX-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

ANIMALIA; PROSPERO;

EID: 33646861011     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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