Drosophila Knickkopf and Retroactive are needed for epithelial tube growth and cuticle differentiation through their specific requirement for chitin filament organization

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 163-171

  Moussian, Bernard ^a   Tång, Erika ^b   Tonning, Anna ^b   Helms, Sigrun ^a   Schwarz, Heinz ^a   Nüsslein Volhard, Christiane ^a   Uv, Anne E ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apical ECM; Chitin; Cuticle; Drosophila; Epidermis; Knk; Septate junction; Trachea; Tubulogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; KNICKKOPF PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RETROACTIVE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRACHEA MUCOSA;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CHITIN; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRACHEA;

EID: 31644441426     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02177     Document Type: Article

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