Analysis of the roles of pins and heterotrimeric G proteins in asymmetric division of Drosophila neuroblasts

Methods in Enzymology

Volumn 389, Issue , 2004, Pages 364-382

  Yu, Fengwei ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN INSC; PROTEIN PIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL SIZE; DROSOPHILA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVIEW; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; WESTERN BLOTTING; YEAST;

INSECTA;

EID: 4344686892     PISSN: 00766879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0076-6879(04)89022-0     Document Type: Article

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