Mechanisms controlling sex myoblast migration in Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodites

Developmental Biology

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 137-151

  Branda, Catherine S ^a   Stern, Michael J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attraction; C. elegans; Cell migration; Fibroblast growth factor (FGF); Fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR); Repulsion; Sex myoblast

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GONAD; HERMAPHRODITISM; MYOBLAST; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0034307011     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9853     Document Type: Article

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