The Caenorhabditis elegans presenilin sel-12 is required for mesodermal patterning and muscle function

Developmental Biology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 178-192

  Eimer, Stefan ^a   Donhauser, Roland ^a   Baumeister, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; C. elegans; LIN 12; Notch; Presenilin; SEL 12; Sex muscle development

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN; PRESENILIN 12; PROTEIN LIN 12; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; MATING; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERUS; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0036429045     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0782     Document Type: Article

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