Drosophila APC2 and APC1 have overlapping roles in the larval brain despite their distinct intracellular localizations

Developmental Biology

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 71-90

  Akong, Kathryn ^a   McCartney, Brooke M ^a   Peifer, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

APC; Armadillo; Asymmetric division; Brain; Cadherin; Drosophila; Neuroblast; Tumor suppressor; Wingless; catenin

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL JUNCTION; CENTROMERE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; LARVA; MEDIATOR; MICROTUBULE; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZYGOTE;

ARMADILLO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036387184     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0777     Document Type: Article

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