Drosophila SNS, a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily that is essential for myoblast fusion

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1498-1511

  Bour, Barbara A ^a,b   Chakravarti, Malabika ^a   West, Joshua M ^a   Abmayr, Susan M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Genset Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

IgSF; Myoblast fusion; Myogenesis; Notch; Somatic musculature; Sticks and stones

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENES, REPORTER; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLES; MUTATION; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0034659374     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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