Functional analysis of Cdc42 in actin filament assembly, epithelial morphogenesis, and cell signaling during Drosophila development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 181-194

  Genova, Jennifer L ^a   Jong, Sena ^a   Camp, J Terese ^a   Fehon, Richard G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell polarity; Cell proliferation; Dorsal closure; JNK pathway; Rho family

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0034194219     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9671     Document Type: Article

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