The gelsolin-related flightless I protein is required for actin distribution during cellularisation in Drosophila

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 263-270

  Straub, Kristina L ^a,c   Stella, Maria Cristina ^a,d   Leptin, Maria ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokinesis; Cytoskeleton; Gastrulation; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GELSOLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CYTOKINESIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DROSOPHILA; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SYNCYTIUM;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GASTRULA; GELSOLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MUTATION; PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029671273     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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