A new Drosophila APC homologue associated with adhesive zones of epithelial cells

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 144-151

  Yu, Xiang ^a   Waltzer, Lucas ^a   Bienz, Mariann ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO;

APC PROTEIN; ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEIN; ARMADILLO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INSECT PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENES, APC; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033162054     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/11064     Document Type: Article

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