armadillo, bazooka, and stardust are critical for early stages in formation of the zonula adherens and maintenance of the polarized blastoderm epithelium in Drosophila

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 149-163

  Müller, H Arno J ^a   Wieschaus, Eric ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CELL JUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA; GASTRULATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEINS; BLASTODERM; CELL ADHESION; CELL POLARITY; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; X CHROMOSOME;

ARMADILLO;

EID: 0029903396     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.1.149     Document Type: Article

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