Drac1 and crumbs participate in amnioserosa morphogenesis during dorsal closure in Drosophila

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2119-2129

  Harden, Nicholas ^a   Ricos, Michael ^a   Yee, Kelly ^a   Sanny, Justina ^a   Langmann, Caillin ^a   Yu, Hong ^a   Chia, William ^a   Lim, Louis ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amnioserosa; Crumbs; Cytoskeleton; Dorsal closure; Drosophila; Morphogenesis; Rac; Small GTPase

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; F ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CRUMBS; PROTEIN DRAC1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN; CRUMBS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; RAC PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ALLELE; AMNION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMOZYGOTE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEROSA; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL MOTION; CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ACTINS; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SIZE; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOSINS; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ANIMALS;

EID: 0037092514     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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