Analysis of the role of the Rac/Cdc42 GTPases during planar cell polarity generation in Drosophila

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 379-387

  Muñoz Descalzo, Silvia ^a   Gómez Cabrero, Azucena ^a   Mlodzik, Marek ^b   Paricio, Nuria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cdc42; Drosophila; Mtl; Planar cell polarity; Rac1; Rac2; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN MTL; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAC2 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CDC42 GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WING;

EID: 34548282129     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.062250sm     Document Type: Article

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