The hindsight gene is required for epithelial maintenance and differentiation of the tracheal system in Drosophila

Developmental Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-196

  Wilk, Ronit ^a,b   Reed, Bruce H ^a   Tepass, Ulrich ^c   Lipshitz, Howard D ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Architecture; Crumbs; DE cadherin; Epithelium; Escargot; Hindsight; Morphogenesis; Pruned; Reaper; Shotgun; Stardust; Taenidial folds; Tissue integrity; Trachea; Zonula adherens

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; GENE CONTROL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA;

ANIMALIA; HELIX POMATIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; TAENIDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034643077     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9619     Document Type: Article

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