The neurogenic genes egghead and brainiac define a novel signaling pathway essential for epithelial morphogenesis during Drosophila oogenesis

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3863-3879

  Goode, Scott ^a   Melnick, Michael ^a,c   Chou, Tze Bin ^a,d   Perrimon, Norbert ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CELL SIGNALING TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cell interaction; Drosophila; Epithelium; Morphogenesis; Neurogenic genes; Notch; Oogenesis; Signaling pathway

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; GENES, INSECT; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OOGENESIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030477867     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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