The Caenorhabditis elegans mel-11 myosin phosphatase regulatory subunit affects tissue contraction in the somatic gonad and the embryonic epidermis and genetically interacts with the Rac signaling pathway

Developmental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-127

  Wissmann, Andreas ^a   Ingles, Julia ^a   Mains, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell shape; Morphogenesis; Myosin phosphatase regulatory subunit; Rac

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; PHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SHAPE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033135729     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9242     Document Type: Article

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