The drosophila microtubule-associated protein mini spindles is required for cytoplasmic microtubules in oogenesis

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 1957-1961

  Moon, Woongjoon ^a   Hazelrigg, Tulle ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICOID PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MINI SPINDLES PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; MUTATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MUTATION; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 7944227319     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.10.023     Document Type: Article

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