DRhoGEF2 encodes a member of the Dbl family of oncogenes and controls cell shape changes during gastrulation in Drosophila

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 274-284

  Häcker, Udo ^a   Perrimon, Norbert ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gastrulation; GTPase; Rho; RhoGEF

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ONCOPROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION FACTOR RHO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE MUTATION; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031965218     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.2.274     Document Type: Article

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