Closca, a new gene required for both Torso RTK activation and vitelline membrane integrity. Germline proteins contribute to Drosophila eggshell composition

Developmental Biology

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 224-232

  Ventura, Gemma ^a   Furriols, Marc ^a   Martín, Nicolás ^a   Barbosa, Vitor ^b   Casanova, Jordi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Eggshell; Extracellular matrix; Torso signalling; Vitelline membrane

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN CLOSCA; PROTEIN NASRAT; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TORSO RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EGG SHELL; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GERM LINE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INSECT GENETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 77955051334     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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