Dynamics of epithelial cell polarity in Drosophila: How to regulate the regulators?

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 42, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-21

  Flores Benitez, David ^a   Knust, Elisabeth ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA; ENDOCYTOSIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; METABOLISM;

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84962883000     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: 18790410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2016.03.018     Document Type: Review

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