ribbon, raw, and zipper have distinct functions in reshaping the Drosophila cytoskeleton

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 209, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 555-559

  Blake, Kimberly J ^a   Myette, Guy ^a   Jack, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell shape; Cytoskeleton; Morphogenesis; Nonmuscle myosin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; CELL SIZE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MALPIGHIAN TUBULES; MUTATION; PROTEINS; SALIVARY GLANDS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032860079     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050288     Document Type: Article

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