Drosophila RhoA regulates the cytoskeleton and cell-cell adhesion in the developing epidermis

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 3173-3183

  Bloor, James W ^a   Kiehart, Daniel P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DE cadherin; Dorsal closure; Drosophila; RhoA GTPase

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CADHERIN; MYOSIN; RHO FACTOR; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, DOMINANT; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0036333418     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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