Dynamic features of adherens junctions during Drosophila embryonic epithelial morphogenesis revealed by a Dα-catenin-GFP fusion protein

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 218-225

  Oda, Hiroki ^a   Tsukita, Shoichiro ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; Adherens junction; Drosophila; Epithelial morphogenesis; Green fluorescent protein (GFP)

Indexed keywords

CATENIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TARGETING; SENSE ORGAN; TRACHEA;

ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEINS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SENSE ORGANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRACHEA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033040245     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050246     Document Type: Article

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