The coronin-like protein POD-1 is required for anterior-posterior axis formation and cellular architecture in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 2838-2851

  Rappleye, Chad A ^a   Paredez, Alexander R ^a   Smith, Carol W ^a   McDonald, Kent L ^b   Aroian, Raffi V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Anterior posterior axis; C. elegans; Cell polarity; Coronin; Embryonic development

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GENE DELETION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; INDOLES; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0032702584     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.21.2838     Document Type: Article

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