Identification of a Hydra homologue of the β-catenin/plakoglobin/armadillo gene family

Gene

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 155-159

  Hobmayer, Engelbert ^a   Hatta, Masayuki ^b   Fischer, Robert ^c   Fujisawa, Toshitaka ^b   Holstein, Thomas W ^a   Sugiyama, Tsutomu ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cadherin; Cell adhesion; Cnidaria; Development; Molecular evolution; Tissue morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; CNIDARIA; HYDRA; HYDRA MAGNIPAPILLATA; METAZOA; COELENTERATA;

BETA CATENIN; PLAKOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; COELENTERATE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC CONSERVATION; METAZOON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029888611     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00162-X     Document Type: Article

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