The POU gene ceh-18 promotes gonadal sheath cell differentiation and function required for meiotic maturation and ovulation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-77

  Rose, Kimberly L ^a   Winfrey, Virginia P ^a   Hoffman, Loren H ^a   Hall, David H ^b   Furuta, Tokiko ^a   Greenstein, David ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GONAD; MEIOSIS; MUTANT; MYOEPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031470762     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8728     Document Type: Article

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