A targeted gene silencing technique shows that Drosophila myosin VI is required for egg chamber and imaginal disc morphogenesis

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 3677-3690

  Deng, Wu Min ^a,b   Leaper, Kevin ^a   Bownes, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Follicle cell; Morphogenesis; Targeted gene silencing; Unconventional myosin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MYOSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE SILENCING; IMAGINAL DISC; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENES, LETHAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; OOGENESIS; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032744620     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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