The role of actin filaments in patterning the Caenorhabditis elegans cuticle

Developmental Biology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 373-384

  Costa, Michael ^a,c   Draper, Bruce W ^a,b   Priess, James R ^a,b,c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; TUBULIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CUTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031569826     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8530     Document Type: Article

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