The Drosophila tamou gene, a component of the activating pathway of extramacrochaetae expression, encodes a protein homologous to mammalian cell- cell junction-associated protein ZO-1

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1783-1795

  Takahisa, Manabu ^a   Togashi, Shin ^a   Suzuki, Takao ^a,b   Kobayashi, Mieko ^a   Murayama, Akiko ^a   Kondo, Kanae ^a   Miyake, Tadashi ^a   Ueda, Ryu ^a  

^a MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

^b FUJIREBIO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila; emc gene; MAGUK protein; sensory organ formation; signal transduction; ZO 1 homolog

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; DROSOPHILA; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REPRESSOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029762186     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.14.1783     Document Type: Article

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