The Drosophila Ste20-related kinase misshapen is required for embryonic dorsal closure and acts through a JNK MAPK module on an evolutionarily conserved signaling pathway

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2371-2380

  Su, Yi Chi ^a   Treisman, Jessica E ^a   Skolnik, Edward Y ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal closure; Drosophila; JNK; Misshapen; NIK; Ste20 kinase

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032146918     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.15.2371     Document Type: Article

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