Genetic enhancers of sem-5 define components of the gonad-independent guidance mechanism controlling sex myoblast migration in Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodites

Developmental Biology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 88-100

  Chen, Estella B ^a   Branda, Catherine S ^b   Stern, Michael J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GONAD; HERMAPHRODITISM; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0031081274     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.8473     Document Type: Article

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