Genetic evidence for antagonism between pak protein kinase and Rho1 small GTPase signaling in regulation of the actin cytoskeleton during Drosophila oogenesis

Genetics

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 501-512

  Vlachos, Stephanie ^a   Harden, Nicholas ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; PROTEIN RHO1; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

ACTINS; ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAINS; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; P21-ACTIVATED KINASES; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79951520486     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.120998     Document Type: Article

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