kakapo, a gene required for adhesion between and within cell layers in Drosophila, encodes a large cytoskeletal linker protein related to plectin and dystrophin

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1271-1282

  Gregory, Stephen L ^a   Brown, Nicholas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Cytoskeleton; Drosophila; Extracellular matrix; Integrins

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DYSTROPHIN; INTEGRIN; KAKAPO; MICROTUBULE PROTEIN; PLECTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; DYSTROPHIN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLECTIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; STRIGOPS HABROPTILUS;

EID: 0032583124     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.5.1271     Document Type: Article

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