Three C. elegans Rac proteins and several alternative Rac regulators control axon guidance, cell migration and apoptotic cell phagocytosis

Development

Volumn 128, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 4475-4488

  Lundquist, E A ^a   Reddien, P W ^a   Hartwieg, E ^a   Robert Horvitz, H ^a   Bargmann, C I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon pathfinding; C. elegans; ced 10; Cell migration; mig 2; Phagocytosis; Rac; Rac 2

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; RAC PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENOME; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035195553     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.128.22.4475     Document Type: Article

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