Phenotypic analysis of null mutants for DE-cadherin and Armadillo in Drosophila ovaries reveals distinct aspects of their functions in cell adhesion and cytoskeletal organization

Genes to Cells

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-40

  Oda, Hiroki ^a,b   Uemura, Tadashi ^a   Takeichi, Masatoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEIN; ARMADILLO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; CADHERIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OOCYTE; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTINS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEINS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; INSECT PROTEINS; MUTATION; OOCYTES; OVARY; OVUM; PHENOTYPE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030633571     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.1997.d01-284.x     Document Type: Article

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