A gradient of Cactus protein degradation establishes dorsoventral polarity in the Drosophila embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 353-364

  Reach, Michael ^b   Galindo, Rene L ^a   Towb, Par ^a   Allen, Jerry L ^a   Karin, Michael ^b   Wasserman, Steven A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; PROTEIN; SERINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO POLARITY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROINJECTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CACTACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030601972     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0308     Document Type: Article

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