bloated tubules (blot) encodes a Drosophila member of the neurotransmitter transporter family required for organisation of the apical cytocortex

Developmental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 440-454

  Johnson, Kevin ^a,b   Knust, Elisabeth ^b   Skaer, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Bloated tubules (blot); Cellularisation; Drosophila; Malpighian tubules; Nenrotransmitter transporter

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MALPIGHIAN TUBULE; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MALPIGHIA; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033566581     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9351     Document Type: Article

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