Morphogenesis of the C. elegans hermaphrodite uterus

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3617-3626

  Newman, Anna P ^a,c   White, John G ^b,d   Sternberg, Paul W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anchor cell; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell fate; Hermaphrodite uterus; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HERMAPHRODITISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; UTERUS; VULVA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MORPHOGENESIS; UTERUS; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0029855583     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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