The spatial control of torso RTK activation: A C-terminal fragment of the trunk protein acts as a signal for torso receptor in the Drosophila embryo

Development

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1709-1715

  Casali, A ^a   Casanova, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Extracellular ligand; Signal transduction; Torso; Trunk

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; LIGAND; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRUNK;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; INSECT PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MICROINJECTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0034981671     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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