Myoblast fusion in Drosophila

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 316, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3007-3013

  Haralalka, Shruti ^a   Abmayr, Susan M ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Muscles

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; RAC1 PROTEIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE CELL; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOBLASTS;

EID: 77957233390     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2010.05.018     Document Type: Review

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