The Caenorhabditis elegans spe-5 gene is required for morphogenesis of a sperm-specific organelle and is associated with an inherent cold-sensitive phenotype

Genetics

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 567-581

  Machaca, Khaled ^a,b   L'Hernault, Steven W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; COLD SENSITIVITY; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COLD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; LARVA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, GENETIC; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; ORGANELLES; PHENOTYPE; SPERMATOCYTES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0031006388     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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