Multiple ephrins control cell organization in C. elegans using kinase-dependent and -independent functions of the VAB-1 Eph receptor

Molecular Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 903-913

  Wang, Xiangmin ^a   Roy, Peter J ^a,b   Holland, Sacha J ^a   Zhang, Lijia W ^a   Culotti, Joseph G ^a,b   Pawson, Tony ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENE MUTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033400803     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80220-8     Document Type: Article

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