Caenorhabditis elegans early embryogenesis and vulval morphogenesis require chondroitin biosynthesis

Nature

Volumn 423, Issue 6938, 2003, Pages 439-443

  Hwang, Ho Yon ^a   Olson, Sara K ^b   Esko, Jeffrey D ^b   Horvitz, H Robert ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of California San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; DISEASES; MORPHOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS;

CYTOKINESIS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

CHONDROITIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HEPARAN SULFATE;

MEDICINE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GOLGI COMPLEX; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CHONDROITIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEPARITIN SULFATE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038823611     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01634     Document Type: Article

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