FERM proteins in animal morphogenesis

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 357-367

  Tepass, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL PROTEIN; CORACLE PROTEIN; LIMULUS PROTEIN; MOESIN; MOSAIC EYES PROTEIN; MYOSIN VIIA; MYOSIN XV; PROTEIN EPB41L5; PROTEIN FERM; PROTEIN YMO1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YURT PROTEIN;

APICAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE MUTATION; MESENCHYME CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; MYOSINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 68949163497     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2009.05.006     Document Type: Review

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