When cells tell their neighbors which direction to divide

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-29

  Goldstein, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cell division orientation; Cell interaction; Cytoskeleton; Mitotic spindle; Wnt pathway

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CONTACT; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOSKELETON; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034099168     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(200005)218:1<23::AID-DVDY3>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Review

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