sma-1 encodes a βH-spectrin homolog required for Caenorhabditis elegans morphogenesis

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2087-2098

  McKeown, Caroline ^a   Praitis, Vida ^a   Austint, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskelelon; C. elegans; Morphogenesis; Spectrin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; SPECTRIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTRIN;

EID: 0031835177     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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