Morphogenesis of the eggshell in Drosophila

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 198, Issue , 2000, Pages 67-108

  Waring, Gail L ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila eggshell; Extracellular trafficking; Follicle cells; Oogenesis; Supramolecular assembly

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; DROSOPHILA; EGG SHELL; EVOLUTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL GENE;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0034101393     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(00)98003-3     Document Type: Review

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