A gradient of cytoplasmic Cactus degradation establishes the nuclear localization gradient of the dorsal morphogen in Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-123

  Bergmann, Andreas ^a,c   Stein, David ^b   Geisler, Robert ^a   Hagenmaier, Susanne ^a   Schmid, Bettina ^a   Fernandez, Nielsen ^b   Schnell, Beate ^a   Nüsslein Volhard, Christiane ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactus; Dorsal; Dorsoventral patterning; I B; NF B; Protein degradation

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MORPHOGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEQUENCE DELETION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030294481     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(96)00607-7     Document Type: Article

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