Asymmetric division of Drosophila melanogaster neuroblasts
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The Rockefeller University Press $30.00 J. Cell Biol. Vol. 188 No. 5 693–706 www.jcb.org/cgi/doi/10.1083/jcb.200905024 JCB 693 Correspondence to Cayetano Gonzalez: [email protected] Abbreviations used in this paper: Baz, Bazooka; Dlg, Discs large; GMC, ganglion mother cell; Insc, Inscuteable; MARCM, mosaic analysis with a repressible cell marker; Mira, Miranda; MTOC, microtubule-organizing center; NB, neuroblast; NEB, nuclear envelope breakdown; Par, partitioning defective; Pins, partner of Insc; Pon, partner of Numb. Introduction
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