Early patterning of the C. elegans embryo

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue , 1998, Pages 521-545

  Rose, Lesilee S ^a   Kemphues, Kenneth J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric division; Cell cell signaling; Maternal effect mutation; Spindle orientation

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032426346     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.32.1.521     Document Type: Review

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