Formation of the vulva in Caenorhabditis elegans: A paradigm for organogenesis

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 691-699

  Sharma Kishore, Ranjana ^a   White, John G ^b,c   Southgate, Eileen ^b   Podbilewicz, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherens junctions; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell fate; Cell fusion; Cell migration; Morphogenesis; Vulva

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; EPITHELIUM; MICROSURGERY; MOLTING; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERUS; VULVA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER SURGERY; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0033046809     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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