Microcephalin coordinates mitosis in the syncytial Drosophila embryo

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 120, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3578-3588

  Brunk, Kathrin ^a,b,c   Vernay, Bertrand ^c   Griffith, Elen ^c   Reynolds, Natalie L ^c   Strutt, David ^b   Ingham, Philip W ^b   Jackson, Andrew P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centrosome; Drosophila embryo; Microcephalin; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL SPINDLE PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CENTROSOMIN; DNA; MICROCEPHALIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; INTERPHASE; MALE; METAPHASE; MICROCEPHALY; MITOSIS INHIBITION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROSOME; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; INTERPHASE; MITOSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION;

PRIMATES;

EID: 36248986591     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.014290     Document Type: Article

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