zyg-8, a gene required for spindle positioning in C. elegans, encodes a doublecortin-related kinase that promotes microtubule assembly.

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Published in Dev Cell on September 01, 2001

Authors

P Gönczy1, J M Bellanger, M Kirkham, A Pozniakowski, K Baumer, J B Phillips, A A Hyman

Author Affiliations

1: Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Lausanne. pierre.gonczy@isrec.unil.ch

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