Functional analysis of the single calmodulin gene in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans by RNA interference and 4-D microscopy

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 557-563

  Karabinos, Anton ^a   Büssing, Ingo ^b   Schulze, Ekkehard ^c   Wang, Jian ^a   Weber, Klaus ^a   Schnabel, Ralf ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Calmodulin like proteins; Cell lineage; Embryonic lethality; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALMODULIN; CELL ENZYME; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; LIGAND; RNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROINJECTION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346258160     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0171-9335-00347     Document Type: Article

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