UNC-52/Perlecan affects gonadal leader cell migrations in c. elegans hermaphrodites through alterations in growth factor signaling

Developmental Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 174-187

  Merz, David C ^a,b   Alves, Georges ^a   Kawano, Takehiro ^a   Zheng, Hong ^a   Culotti, Joseph G ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cell migrations; Netrins; Organogenesis; Perlecan; UNC 52

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; HEPARAN SULFATE; PERLECAN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; HERMAPHRODITISM; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYOFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0037376150     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00014-9     Document Type: Article

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