LIN-39/Hox triggers cell division and represses EFF-1/fusogen-dependent vulval cell fusion

Genes and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 3136-3141

  Shemer, Gidi ^a   Podbilewicz, Benjamin ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell fusion; Hox; Vulva development

Indexed keywords

FUSOGEN; HOX PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN EFF 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL FUSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BINDING SITES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUSION; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0037115467     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.251202     Document Type: Article

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