Caenorhabditis elegans LET-502 is related to Rho-binding kinases and human myotonic dystrophy kinase and interacts genetically with a homolog of the regulatory subunit of smooth muscle myosin phosphatase to affect cell shape

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 409-422

  Wissmann, Andreas ^a   Ingles, Julia ^a   McGhee, James D ^a   Mains, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

C. elegans morphogenesis; cell shape; myotonic dystrophy; Rho; signal transduction; smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SHAPE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031028999     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.4.409     Document Type: Article

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