Inductive regulation of cell fusion in leech

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 3381-3390

  Isaksen, Deborah E ^a,b   Liu, Nai Jia L ^a,c   Weisblat, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annelid; Cell fusion; Endoderm; Helobdella robusta; Leech; Ricin A chain; Syncytium

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEASE A; RICIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL FUSION; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; LEECH; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL FUSION; ENDODERM; GIANT CELLS; LEECHES; RIBONUCLEASE, PANCREATIC; RICIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032821901     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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