The nonmuscle myosin regulatory light chain gene mlc-4 is required for cytokinesis, anterior-posterior polarity, and body morphology during Caenorhabditis elegans embryogenesis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 439-451

  Shelton, Christopher A ^a   Carter, J Clayton ^a   Ellis, Gregory C ^a   Bowerman, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Microfilament proteins; Morphogenesis; Nonmuscle myosin II regulatory light chain; P granules; RNA mediated interference

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MEIOSIS; MICROFILAMENT; MITOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CELL SIZE; CENTROSOME; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOSINS; ORGANELLES; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033606796     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.146.2.439     Document Type: Article

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