Neuronal cell migration in C. elegans: Regulation of Hox gene expression and cell position

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3117-3131

  Harris, Jeanne ^a,c   Honigberg, Lee ^a,b   Robinson, Naomi ^a,b,c   Kenyon, Cynthia ^a,b  

^a Department of Biochemistry ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cell migration; Development; Hox gene; mab 5

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; HOMEOBOX; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0029832382     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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