Armadillo is required for adherens junction assembly, cell polarity, and morphogenesis during Drosophila embryogenesis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 133-148

  Cox, Rachel T ^a   Kirkpatrick, Catherine ^a   Peifer, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACTINS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEINS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GASTRULA; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MORPHOGENESIS; OOGENESIS; PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; DROSOPHILA ARMADILLO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030014526     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.134.1.133     Document Type: Article

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