Drosophila APC2 is a cytoskeletally-associated protein that regulates wingless signaling in the embryonic epidermis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1303-1318

  McCartney, Brooke M ^a   Dierick, Herman A ^b   Kirkpatrick, Catherine ^a   Moline, Melissa M ^b   Baas, Annette ^a   Peifer, Mark ^a   Bejsovec, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomatous polyposis coli; Armadillo; Drosophila; Wingless; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; EPIDERMIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ARACHNIDA; ARMADILLO; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033588939     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.146.6.1303     Document Type: Article

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