PAR-1 is required for morphogenesis of the Caenorhabditis elegans vulva

Developmental Biology

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-65

  Hurd, Daryl D ^a   Kemphues, Kenneth J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Morphogenesis; PAR 1; Vulva

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MARKER; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 1; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL CONTACT; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EPITHELIUM CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0037230118     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0866     Document Type: Article

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