The Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition Targets Actin to Promote Robustness during Morphogenesis

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Zheng, Liuliu ^a   Sepúlveda, Leonardo A ^a,b   Lua, Rhonald C ^a   Lichtarge, Olivier ^a   Golding, Ido ^a,c,d   Sokac, Anna Marie ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SERENDIPITY ALPHA PROTEIN; SPITTING IMAGE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENOME; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MATERNAL TO ZYGOTIC TRANSITION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; ROBUSTNESS; TRANSGENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTINS; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VINCULIN;

EID: 84888257752     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003901     Document Type: Article

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