minidiscs encodes a putative amino acid transporter subunit required non-autonomously for imaginal cell proliferation

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-167

  Martin, Jennifer F ^a   Hersperger, Evelyn ^a   Simcox, Amanda ^b   Shearn, Allen ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid transporter; Diffusible factor; Drosophila; Fat body; Imaginal discs; Minidiscs

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FAT BODY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DIMERIZATION; DROSOPHILA; FAT BODY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; WING;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034176584     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00338-X     Document Type: Article

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