Asator, a tau-tubulin kinase homolog in Drosophila localizes to the mitotic spindle

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3248-3256

  Qi, Hongying ^a   Yao, Changfu ^a   Cai, Weili ^a   Girton, Jack ^a   Johansen, Kristen M ^a   Johansen, Jørgen ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Microtubule spindle; Mitosis; Spindle matrix; Tau tubulin kinase

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; SPINDLE MATRIX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASATOR GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ESSENTIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERPHASE; MICROTUBULE; MITOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; NUCLEAR MATRIX-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 70949095140     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22150     Document Type: Article

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