Epithelial biology: Lessons from Caenorhabditis elegans

Gene

Volumn 277, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 83-100

  Michaux, Grégoire ^a,b   Legouis, Renaud ^a,b   Labouesse, Michel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Adherens junction; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell fusion; Differentiation; Epithelial cell; Extracellular matrix; Hemidesmosome; Morphogenesis; Trafficking; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUSION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEMIDESMOSOME; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 0035904397     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00700-4     Document Type: Review

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