Embryonic morphogenesis in Caenerhabditis elegans integrates the activity of LET-502 Rho-binding kinase, MEL-11 myosin phosphatase, DAF-2 insulin receptor and FEM-2 PP2c phosphatase

Genetics

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1671-1689

  Piekny, A J ^a   Wissmann, A ^a   Mains, P E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN RECEPTOR; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PHOSPHATASE; RHO KINASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; DAF 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DAF-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; FEM 2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; FEM-2 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HELMINTH PROTEIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC DISORDER; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE CLEAVAGE; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX DETERMINATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FERTILITY; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FERTILITY; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOSIN-LIGHT-CHAIN PHOSPHATASE; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034353283     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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