The gon-1 gene is required for gonadal morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 382-393

  Blelloch, Robert ^a   Anna Arriola, Sonia Santa ^a   Gao, Dali ^a   Li, Yongjing ^a   Hodgkin, Jonathan ^b   Kimble, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Gon 1; Gonadogenesis; Morphogenesis; Organ shape

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0032713635     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9491     Document Type: Article

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