Genetic analysis of myoblast fusion: Blown fuse is required for progression beyond the prefusion complex

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1249-1261

  Doberstein, Stephen K ^a   Fetter, Richard D ^a   Mehta, Anand Y ^a   Goodman, Corey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICROSCOPY; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUSION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLES;

EID: 0030766556     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.136.6.1249     Document Type: Article

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