Drosophila coracle, a member of the protein 4.1 superfamily, has essential structural functions in the septate junctions and developmental functions in embryonic and adult epithelial cells

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3505-3519

  Lamb, Rebecca S ^a,c   Ward, Robert E ^c   Schweizer, Liang ^b,c   Fehon, Richard G ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031740862     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.9.12.3505     Document Type: Article

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