Activation of Rac1 or Cdc42 during early morphogenesis of eye discs induces ectopic antennae in Drosophila

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 225-231

  Go, Masahiro J ^a,b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antenna; Distal less; Drosophila; Eyeless; Small GTPases

Indexed keywords

DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; DISTAL LESS PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; DISTAL LESS GENE; DROSOPHILA; ECTOPIC TISSUE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYELESS GENE; GENE; LARVA; MICROPHTHALMIA; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 21344461522     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2005.00798.x     Document Type: Article

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