Pipe-dependent ventral processing of easter by snake is the defining step in drosophila embryo DV axis formation

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1133-1137

  Cho, Yong Suk ^a   Stevens, Leslie M ^a   Stein, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

DEVBIO; SIGNALING

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EASTER PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; SERINE PROTEINASE; SNAKE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN PROCESSING; EMBRYOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 77955717079     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.04.056     Document Type: Article

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