Multiple roles of a trimeric G protein in Drosophila cell polarization

Cell Cycle

Volumn 5, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2464-2472

  Katanaev, Vladimir L ^a,b   Tomlinson, Andrew ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell divisions; Cell polarization; Cytoskeleton; Drosophila; Frizzled receptors; Microtubules; Planar cell polarity; Trimeric G proteins

Indexed keywords

FRIZZLED PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

CELL POLARITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33751236172     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.5.21.3410     Document Type: Review

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