hch-1, a gene required for normal hatching and normal migration of a neuroblast in C.elegans, encodes a protein related to TOLLOID and BMP-1

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 4111-4122

  Hishida, Ryuichi ^a,b   Ishihara, Takeshi ^a,d   Kondo, Kazunori ^c   Katsura, Isao ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMP 1; C.elegans; hch 1; metalloprotease; tolloid

Indexed keywords

ASTACENE; GENE PRODUCT; METALLOPROTEINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN;

EID: 0029763234     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00786.x     Document Type: Article

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