Epithelial cell polarity and cell junctions in Drosophila

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue , 2001, Pages 747-784

  Tepass, U ^a   Tanentzapf, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cellular junctions; Cellularization; Epithelium; Membrane domain; Polarity

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); BINDING PROTEIN; CADHERIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYOSIN; NEUREXIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SNARE PROTEIN; SPECTRIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EPITHELIAL CELLS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035674837     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.35.102401.091415     Document Type: Review

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