The Drosophila gene asteroid encodes a novel protein and displays dosage-sensitive interactions with Star and Egfr

Genome

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 295-302

  Kotarski, Michael A ^a   Leonard, Deborah A ^a   Bennett, Sean A ^b   Bishop, Clifton P ^b   Wahn, Stephen D ^a   Sedore, Stacey A ^a   Shrader, Marissa ^a  

^a NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Drosophila; EGF receptor; Eye development; Star

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; CLONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA PROBE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GENE; IDENTIFICATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY;

ASTEROIDEA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032053316     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g98-021     Document Type: Article

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