The Drosophila embryonic midline is the site of Spitz processing, and induces activation of the EGF receptor in the ventral ectoderm

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3363-3370

  Golembo, Myriam ^a   Raz, Erez ^a   Shilo, Ben Zion ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drosophila; EGF receptor; Rhomboid; Single minded; Spitz; Star

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029855245     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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