The type 1 membrane protein EFF-1 is essential for development cell fusion

Developmental Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 355-362

  Mohler, William A ^a   Shemer, Gidi ^b   Del Campo, Jacob J ^a   Valansi, Clari ^b   Opoku Serebuoh, Eugene ^a   Scranton, Victoria ^a   Assaf, Nirit ^b   White, John G ^c   Podbilewicz, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN EFF 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCOPROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUSION; CELL LINE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEMBRANE FUSION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUSION; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; VULVA;

EID: 0036009182     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-5807(02)00129-6     Document Type: Article

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