The genetics of cell migration in Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans development

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 3035-3046

  Montell, Denise J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell migration; Drosophila

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; INTEGRIN; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MYOSIN; NETRIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RHO FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; LIPID METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL MOVEMENT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LIPID METABOLISM; MYOSINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032766516     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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