An interplay between two EGF-receptor ligands, Vein and Spitz, is required for the formation of a subset of muscle precursors in Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 73-82

  Yarnitzky, Talia ^a   Min, Li ^a   Volk, Talila ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Egfr DER; Mesoderm; Muscle; Receptor tyrosine kinase; RTK; Spitz; Vein

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LIGAND BINDING; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESODERM; MUSCLES; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUREGULINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN KINASES; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE PEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 0032415358     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00175-0     Document Type: Article

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