Asymmetric distribution of the C. elegans HAM-1 protein in neuroblasts enables daughter cells to adopt distinct fates

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3509-3518

  Guenther, Catherine ^a   Garriga, Gian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell fate; ham 1; Neuroblast

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MITOSIS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SEROTONIN;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0029855315     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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