Control of embryonic spindle positioning and Gα activity by C. elegans RIC-8

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 1871-1876

  Couwenbergs, Claudia ^a   Spilker, Annina C ^a   Gotta, Monica ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; G PROTEIN REGULATOR 1, C ELEGANS; G PROTEIN REGULATOR 2, C ELEGANS; GPA 16 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GPA-16 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RIC 8 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; RIC-8 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 6944256893     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.09.059     Document Type: Article

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