The roles of an ephrin and a semaphorin in patterning cell-cell contacts in C. elegans sensory organ development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 379-388

  Hahn, Andrew C ^a   Emmons, Scott W ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherens junctions; C. elegans; Epidermis; Neurogenesis; Organ assembly; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; SEMAPHORIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFN 4 GENE; EGL 5 GENE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; HOX GENE; MAB 18 GENE; MAB 20 GENE; MAB 5 GENE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; SENSE ORGAN; WILD TYPE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0037445957     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(02)00129-X     Document Type: Article

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