Trafficking of the EGFR ligand spitz regulates its signaling activity in polarized tissues

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 126, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 4469-4478

  Steinhauer, Josefa ^a   Liu, Hui Hua ^b   Miller, Eli ^a   Treisman, Jessica E ^b  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Egfr; Imaginal disc; Palmitoylation; Rhomboid; Spitz

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PALMITIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMAGINAL DISC; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EGFR; IMAGINAL DISC; PALMITOYLATION; RHOMBOID; SPITZ;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84885466563     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.131169     Document Type: Article

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