Article
derailed is required for muscle attachment site selection in Drosophila.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Sept 1996
Callahan C A, Bonkovsky J L, Scully A L, Thomas J B
Abstract excerpt
During development, muscles must form and attach at highly stereotyped positions to allow for coordinated movements. In Drosophila, muscles grow towards and attach to specifically positioned cells within the epidermis. At the molecular level, very little is known about how muscles recognize these...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Epidermis
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genes, Insect
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization
- Lac Operon
- Microscopy, Confocal
- Muscles
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases