Merlin, the Drosophila homologue of neurofibromatosis-2, is specifically required in posterior follicle cells for axis formation in the oocyte

Development

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 665-673

  MacDougall, N ^a   Lad, Y ^a   Wilkie, G S ^a   Francis Lang, H ^a   Sullivan, W ^a   Davis, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bicoid; Cell signaling; Drosophila oogenesis; Embryonic axis formation; ERM; Gurken; Merlin; mRNA localisation; Oocyte microtubules; Oskar; TGF ; Tumour suppressor

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; EZRIN; GURKEN PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MERLIN; MESSENGER RNA; MOESIN; RADIXIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; LARVA; MUTANT; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROTUBULES; NEUROFIBROMIN 2; OOCYTES; OVARY; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTRIN; TEMPERATURE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; FALCO COLUMBARIUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0035092616     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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