Vein is a novel component in the Drosophila epidermal growth factor receptor pathway with similarity to the neuregulins

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 2302-2313

  Schnepp, Brace ^a   Grumbling, Gary ^a   Donaldson, Timothy ^a   Simcox, Amanda ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; EGF; EGF receptor; neuregulin; vein

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029744895     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.18.2302     Document Type: Article

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