α spectrin is essential for morphogenesis and body wall muscle formation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 665-677

  Norman, Kenneth R ^a   Moerman, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Epithelia; Morphogenesis; Muscle; Spectrin

Indexed keywords

FODRIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; HATCHING; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPC1 GENE; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, LETHAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SPECTRIN;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CESTODA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037071536     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200111051     Document Type: Article

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