An actin-mediated two-step mechanism is required for ventral enclosure of the C. elegans hypodermis

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 2889-2901

  Williams Masson, Ellen M ^a   Malik, Amy N ^a   Hardin, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell movement; Epiboly; Epithelium; Hypodermis; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN D; PHALLOIDIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOCHALASIN D; EPITHELIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LASERS; NEURONS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS;

EID: 0030767660     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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