Preserving cell shape under environmental stress

Nature

Volumn 452, Issue 7185, 2008, Pages 361-364

  Cook, Boaz ^a   Hardy, Robert W ^a   McConnaughey, William B ^b   Zuker, Charles S ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SPAM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; MECHANORECEPTION; PROTEIN; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSFORMATION;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HABITAT; INSECT; MECHANORECEPTOR; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 41149114119     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06603     Document Type: Article

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