Genetic analysis of the actin cytoskeleton in the Drosophila ovary

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 13, Issue , 1997, Pages 147-170

  Robinson, Douglas N ^a   Cooley, Lynn ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Ovary; Regulation; Ring canal; Transport

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA CATENIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; RHO FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TROPOMYOSIN; UVOMORULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARMADILLO; CELL ADHESION; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIUM;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL ADHESION; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; OOGENESIS; OVARY;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; ARMADILLO; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031453390     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.13.1.147     Document Type: Review

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