TGFβ-like signaling and spicule development in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-100

  Baird, Scott E ^a   Ellazar, Sharon A ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Signal transduction; TGF

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LIN 31 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; LIN-31 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; CUTICLE; GENE MUTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; COPULATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0033169249     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9322     Document Type: Article

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