Loss of the Polycomb group gene polyhomeotic induces non-autonomous cell overproliferation

EMBO Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-163

  Feng, Siqian ^a,b   Huang, Jianhua ^a   Wang, Jian ^a,b  

^a Department of Entomology ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

JAK STAT pathway; non autonomous cell overproliferation; Notch signalling; polyhomeotic; Upd homologues

Indexed keywords

POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; STAT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE M PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSAICISM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; OPTIC DISK; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; JANUS KINASES; LIGANDS; MUTANT PROTEINS; NUCLEOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79551599186     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2010.188     Document Type: Article

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