Rabaptin-5 and Rabex-5 are neoplastic tumour suppressor genes that interact to modulate Rab5 dynamics in Drosophila melanogaster

Developmental Biology

Volumn 385, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 107-121

  Thomas, Chloe ^a   Strutt, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Endocytosis; Neoplastic tumour suppressor; Rab5; Rabaptin5; Rabex5

Indexed keywords

JANUS KINASE; RAB PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PROTEIN RAB5; STAT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; METASTASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABAPTIN 5 GENE; RABEX 5 GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UBIQUITINATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 84888306325     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.09.029     Document Type: Article

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