Embryonic handedness choice in C. elegans involves the Gα protein GPA-16

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 5731-5740

  Bergmann, Dominique C ^a   Lee, Monica ^a   Robertson, Barbara ^a   Tsou, Meng Fu B ^b   Rose, Lesilee S ^b   Wood, William B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; C. elegans; G protein

Indexed keywords

HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347706226     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00839     Document Type: Article

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