Functions for PS integrins in tissue adhesion, migration, and shape changes during early embryonic development in Drosophila.

doi:10.1006/dbio.1995.1147

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Functions for PS integrins in tissue adhesion, migration, and shape changes during early embryonic development in Drosophila.

Developmental biology - 1 May 1995

Roote C E, Zusman S

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The position-specific (PS) integrins of Drosophila are a family of cell surface heterodimers that function as receptors for extracellular matrix molecules. In this study we used time-lapse videomicroscopy to examine living embryos lacking both maternal and zygotic expression of the genes that enc...

Topics

Animals
Cell Adhesion
Cell Movement
Cell Size
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Ectoderm
Gastrula
Genes, Insect
Immunohistochemistry
Integrin alpha Chains
Integrins
Microscopy, Video
Morphogenesis
Phenotype

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