Anastral spindle assembly and γ-tubulin in Drosophila oocytes

BMC Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Endow, Sharyn A ^a   Hallen, Mark A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA TUBULIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIFFUSION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METAPHASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MEIOSIS; METAPHASE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; PHOTOBLEACHING; TUBULIN;

EID: 78650764615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-12-1     Document Type: Article

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