A functional genomic screen combined with Time-Lapse microscopy uncovers a novel set of genes involved in dorsal closure of Drosophila embryos

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Jankovics, Ferenc ^a   Henn, László ^a   Bujna, Ágnes ^a   Vilmos, Péter ^a   Kiss, Nóra ^a   Erdélyi, Miklós ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ADP RIBOSYLATION FACTOR 51F GENE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BX42 GENE; CANOE GENE; CELL MIGRATION; CG6700 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC SCREENING; IMAGO; IN VIVO STUDY; INVOLUTION; KRUPPEL GENE; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NOTCH GENE; PATCHED GENE; PEBBLE GENE; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SCAB GENE; SHOTGUN GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM; GENE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; GENES, INSECT; GENOMICS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960606520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022229     Document Type: Article

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