POP-1 and anterior-posterior fate decisions in C. elegans embryos

Cell

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 229-239

  Lin, Rueyling ^a,b   Hill, Russell J ^a   Priess, James R ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN POP 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032559301     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80917-4     Document Type: Article

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