Genetic analysis of the Drosophila β3-tubulin gene demonstrates that the microtubule cytoskeleton in the cells of the visceral mesoderm is required for morphogenesis of the midgut endoderm

Developmental Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-135

  Dettman, Robert W ^a,b   Turner, F Rudolf ^a   Raff, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; TUBULIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LETHALITY; MESODERM; MICROTUBULE; MIDGUT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERA;

EID: 0030578450     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0150     Document Type: Article

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