The role of star in the production of an activated ligand for the EGF receptor signaling pathway

Developmental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 254-259

  Pickup, Amanda T ^a   Banerjee, Utpal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; EGFR; Nuclear membrane; Processing; Spitz; Star

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; LIGAND;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DROSOPHILA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM LINE; IMAGINAL DISC; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033555978     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9119     Document Type: Article

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