Autoproteolysis and feedback in a protease cascade directing Drosophila dorsal-ventral cell fate

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2387-2393

  Dissing, Marianne ^a   Giordano, Heidi ^b   DeLotto, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal ventral; Embryogenesis; Gastrulation defective; Pattern formation; Serine protease

Indexed keywords

ENZYME PRECURSOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEINASE; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; FEEDBACK; HEPARIN; INSECT PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 0035873542     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.10.2387     Document Type: Article

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