Germ-line tumor formation caused by activation of glp-1, a Caenorhabditis elegans member of the Notch family of receptors

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 925-936

  Berry, Laura Wilson ^a   Westlund, Bethany ^a   Schedl, Tim ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate; Germ line; glp 1; Meiosis; Notch; Oncogene; Proliferation; Tumor

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; GERM LINE; MEIOSIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GERM CELLS; GERMINOMA; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOSIS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031030361     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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