Pristionchus pacificus vulva formation: Polarized division, cell migration, cell fusion, and evolution of invagination

Developmental Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 322-333

  Kolotuev, Irina ^a   Podbilewicz, Benjamin ^a,b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Body patterning; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell fusion; Epithelial cells; Morphogenesis; Organogenesis; Pristionchus pacificus; Vulva development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUSION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; DEGRADATION; INVAGINATION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; PRISTIONCHUS; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 0347131111     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.10.029     Document Type: Article

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