Genes necessary for C. elegans cell and growth cone migrations

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1831-1843

  Forrester, Wayne C ^a   Garriga, Gian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal outgrowth; C. elegans; Canal associated neurons; Cell migration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GROWTH CONE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MUTANT; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DEATH; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; LASERS; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; SEROTONIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 0030981532     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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