Role of Nudel protease activation in triggering dorsoventral polarization of the Drosophila embryo

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 4045-4053

  LeMosy, Ellen K ^a   Kemler, Doris ^a   Hashimoto, Carl ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Enzyme activation; Nudel; Pattern formation; Serine protease; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO POLARITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031737186     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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