The Drosophila homologue of SRF acts as a boosting mechanism to sustain FGF-induced terminal branching in the tracheal system

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1269-1274

  Gervais, Louis ^a,b   Casanova, Jordi ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drosophila; FGF; Morphogenesis; SRF (BS); Trachea; Tube formation

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MYOCARDIN; PROTEIN BLISTERED; PROTEIN BRANCHLESS; PROTEIN BREATHLESS; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL ELONGATION; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRACHEA;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955143898     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.059188     Document Type: Article

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