Volvox carteri as a model for studying the genetic and cytological control of morphogenesis

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 621-631

  Kirk, D L ^a   Nishii, I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actomyosin; Cell division; Cytoskeleton; Extracellular matrix; Green algae; Rotational symmetry

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTION; CELL SHAPE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CYTOKINESIS; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GASTRULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC MODEL; GERM CELL; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; STEREOTYPY; TRANSPOSON; VOLVOX CARTERI;

ALGAE, GREEN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 0035169751     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.2001.00612.x     Document Type: Review

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