A JNK signal transduction pathway that mediates morphogenesis and an immune response in Drosophila

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 2745-2758

  Sluss, Hayla K ^a   Han, Zhiqiang ^a   Barrett, Tamera ^a,b   Davis, Roger J ^a,b   Ip, Y Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

c Jun amino terminal kinase; dorsal closure; immune response; JNK; MAP kinase

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029824847     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.21.2745     Document Type: Article

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