β amyloid protein precursor-like (Appl) is a Ras1/MAPK-regulated gene required for axonal targeting in Drosophila photoreceptor neurons

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-59

  Mora, Natalia ^a   Almudi, Isabel ^a,c   Alsina, Berta ^b   Corominas, Montserrat ^a   Serras, Florenci ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appl; Axon targeting; ETS binding site; Photoreceptor; Ras

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA AMYLOID PROTEIN PRECURSOR LIKE; FRACTALKINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN RAS1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PNTP2; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APPB GENE; APPL GENE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EYE; FGFR GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMAGINAL DISC; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEVENLESS GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84875610904     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.114785     Document Type: Article

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