The balance between isoforms of the Prickle LIM domain protein is critical for planar polarity in Drosophila imaginal discs

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 2315-2327

  Gubb, David ^a   Green, Clare ^a   Huen, David ^a   Coulson, Darin ^a   Johnson, Glynnis ^a   Tree, David ^a   Collier, Simon ^a   Roote, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; LIM domain; Polarity; Prickle; Spiny legs

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA; EXON; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033200334     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.17.2315     Document Type: Article

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