pod-2, along with pod-1, defines a new class of genes required for polarity in the early Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 412-424

  Tagawa, Akiko ^a   Rappleye, Chad A ^a   Aroian, Raffi V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Embryogenesis; pod; Polarity

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN PAR; PROTEIN POD1; PROTEIN POD2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL SIZE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0035872880     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0234     Document Type: Article

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