Deregulation of the Egfr/Ras signaling pathway induces age-related brain degeneration in the Drosophila mutant vap

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 241-250

  Botella, José A ^a   Kretzschmar, Doris ^a   Kiermayer, Claudia ^a   Feldmann, Pascale ^b   Hughes, David A ^b,c   Schneuwly, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; RAS PROTEIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DISORDER; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; DROSOPHILA; MUTATION; RAS GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UP-REGULATION; VACUOLES;

INSECTA;

EID: 0037240419     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-05-0297     Document Type: Article

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