Asterless is a centriolar protein required for centrosome function and embryo development in Drosophila.

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Published in Curr Biol on October 11, 2007

Authors

Hanne Varmark1, Salud Llamazares, Elena Rebollo, Bodo Lange, Jose Reina, Heinz Schwarz, Cayetano Gonzalez

Author Affiliations

1: Cell Biology and Biophysics Programme, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.

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