Microtubules, the ER and Exu: New associations revealed by analysis of mini spindles mutations

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 126, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 289-300

  Pokrywka, Nancy Jo ^a   Payne Tobin, Anna ^a   Raley Susman, Kathleen M ^a   Swartzman, Sasha ^a  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoplasmic reticulum; Exuperantia; Microtubule organization; Mini spindles; Oogenesis; Reticulons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE; MICROTUBULE; MINI SPINDLE GENE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASMIC STREAMING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EGG PROTEINS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MUTATION; OOCYTES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 67349172642     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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