The Drosophila neuregulin homolog Vein mediates inductive interactions between myotubes and their epidermal attachment cells

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 2691-2700

  Yarnitzky, Talia ^a   Min, Li ^a   Volk, Talila ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Egfr DER; Epidermal muscle attachment cell; Mesoderm; Muscle; Neuregulin; Receptor tyrosine kinase; Vein

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; CELL MARKER; DELILAH; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS CELL; MESODERM; MICROFILAMENT; MICROTUBULE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TENDON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030827861     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.20.2691     Document Type: Article

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