Distinct cellular and subcellular patterns of expression imply distinct functions for the Drosophila homologues of moesin and the neurofibromatosis 2 tumor suppressor, merlin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 843-852

  McCartney, Brooke M ^a   Fehon, Richard G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EZRIN; MERLIN; MOESIN; RADIXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DROSOPHILA; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROFIBROMIN 2; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0029945453     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.133.4.843     Document Type: Article

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