Bazooka regulates microtubule organization and spatial restriction of germ plasm assembly in the Drosophila oocyte

Developmental Biology

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 528-538

  Becalska, Agata N ^a   Gavis, Elizabeth R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axis formation; Bazooka Par 3; Drosophila oogenesis; Germ plasm

Indexed keywords

BAZOOKA PROTEIN; PDZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN PAR 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GERMPLASM; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CORTEX; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 77951207918     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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