Crumbs, a component of the apical membrane, is required for zonula adherens formation in primary epithelia of Drosophila

Developmental Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 217-225

  Tepass, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM; FLY; GASTRULATION; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MICROFILAMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030578406     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0157     Document Type: Article

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