The Neurofibromatosis-2 homologue, Merlin, and the tumor suppressor expanded function together in Drosophila to regulate cell proliferation and differentiation

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1315-1324

  McCartney, Brooke M ^a,b   Kulikauskas, Rima M ^a   LaJeunesse, Dennis R ^a   Fehon, Richard G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical membrane; Drosophila melanogaster; ERM; expanded; FERM domain; Merlin; Neurofibromatosis 2; Protein 4.1

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE BAND 4.1 PROTEIN; MERLIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEUROFIBROMIN 2; PHENOTYPE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WING;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FALCO COLUMBARIUS; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034033896     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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