Distinct morphogenetic functions of similar small GTPases: Drosophila Drac1 is involved in axonal outgrowth and myoblast fusion

Genes and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 15, 1994, Pages 1787-1802

  Luo, Liqun ^a   Joyce Liao, Y ^a   Jan, Lily Yeh ^a   Jan, Yuh Nung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dcdc42; Drac1; muscle morphogenesis; neuronal morphogenesis; polarity

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHALLOIDIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; LETHALITY; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0028086441     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.8.15.1787     Document Type: Article

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