Expression of ram-5 in the structural cell is required for sensory ray morphogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans male tail

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 3542-3555

  Yu, Raymond Y L ^b   Nguyen, Can Q ^a   Hall, David H ^a   Chow, King L ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cellular morphogenesis; ram 5; Sensory ray

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE MUTATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY NERVE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0034679601     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.14.3542     Document Type: Article

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