Article
The segment polarity gene armadillo encodes a functionally modular protein that is the Drosophila homolog of human plakoglobin.
Cell - 21 Dec 1990
Peifer M, Wieschaus E
Abstract excerpt
The Drosophila segment polarity gene armadillo is required for pattern formation within embryonic segments and imaginal discs. We have found that armadillo is highly conserved during evolution; it is 63% identical to human plakoglobin, a protein found in adhesive junctions joining epithelial and...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Armadillo Domain Proteins
- Biological Evolution
- Crosses, Genetic
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- Desmoplakins
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Female
- Genes
- Genes, Lethal
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Insect Hormones
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data