mua-6, a gene required for tissue integrity in Caenorhabditis elegans, encodes a cytoplasmic intermediate filament

Developmental Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 330-342

  Hapiak, Vera ^a   Hresko, Michelle Coutu ^b,c   Schriefer, Lawrence A ^b   Saiyasisongkhram, Kamlai ^a,d   Bercher, Mark ^a,d   Plenefisch, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Divergenece Inc   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cell adhesion; Hemidesmosomes; Intermediate filaments; Tissue fragility

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENETIC CODE; HEMIDESMOSOME; MALE; MUA 6 GENE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VERTEBRATE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242333956     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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