A Wnt signaling system that specifies two patterns of cell migration in C. elegans

Molecular Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 851-858

  Whangbo, Jennifer ^a   Kenyon, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033231552     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80394-9     Document Type: Article

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