Cell autonomous expression of perlecan and plasticity of cell shape in embryonic muscle of Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 228-242

  Moerman, Donald G ^a,b   Hutter, Harald ^a   Mullen, Gregory P ^b   Schnabel, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; PERLECAN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SHAPE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HESPERIA COMMA BOREALIS;

EID: 0030063741     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0019     Document Type: Article

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