Intercellular bridges between epithelial cells in the Drosophila ovarian follicle: A possible aid to localized signaling

Developmental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 82-91

  Woodruff, Richard I ^a   Tilney, Lewis G ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOTION; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032146420     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8948     Document Type: Article

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