A spindle-independent cleavage pathway controls germ cell formation in Drosophila

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 839-845

  Cinalli, Ryan M ^a   Lehmann, Ruth ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANILLIN; GERM CELL LESS PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOUR DIMENSIONAL MULTI PHOTON IMAGING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GERM CELL; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; SPINDLE CELL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84880324925     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2761     Document Type: Article

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