The Drosophila Pkn protein kinase is a Rho/Rac effector target required for dorsal closure during embryogenesis

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1168-1180

  Lu, Yu ^a   Settleman, Jeffrey ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal closure; Drosophila; Pkn; Rac GTPase; Rho GTPase; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL SHAPE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033135283     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.9.1168     Document Type: Article

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