Mutational analysis supports a core role for Drosophila α-Catenin in adherens junction function

Development

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 233-245

  Sarpal, Ritu ^a   Pellikka, Milena ^a   Patel, Ridhdhi R ^a   Hui, Felix Yan Wai ^a,b   Godt, Dorothea ^a   Tepass, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adherens junction; Arp2 3; Cadherin; DE cadherin:: catenin fusion protein; Drosophila; Head morphogenesis; Oogenesis; catenin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ALPHA CATENIN; CADHERIN;

ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IMAGINAL DISC; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

MAMMALIA;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEINS; CADHERINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HEAD; IMAGINAL DISCS; LARVA; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHENOTYPE; SPECTRIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84856723735     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.096644     Document Type: Article

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