A suppressor/enhancer screen in Drosophila reveals a role for Wnt-mediated lipid metabolism in primordial germ cell migration

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  McElwain, Mark A ^a   Ko, Dennis C ^a,c   Gordon, Michael D ^a,d   Fyrst, Henrik ^b   Saba, Julie D ^b   Nusse, Roel ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE 1 PHOSPHATE; CERAMIDE KINASE; DROSOPHILA MULTI SUBSTRATE LIPID KINASE; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN DCERK; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; LETHALITY; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNTD GENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; CERAMIDES; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

EID: 84858214552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026993     Document Type: Article

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