RanGTP is required for meiotic spindle organization and the initiation of embryonic development in Drosophila

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 3797-3810

  Cesario, J ^a   McKim, K S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acentrosomal spindle; Chromosome segregation; Drosophila melanogaster; Meiosis; Microtubule; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MARS PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RANGTP PROTEIN; TACC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; MEIOSIS; MICROTUBULE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINDLE CELL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, INSECT; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MALE; MICROTUBULES; MITOSIS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; OOCYTES; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN;

EID: 84856769701     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.084855     Document Type: Article

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