A conserved metalloprotease mediates ecdysis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 6001-6008

  Davis, M Wayne ^a   Birnie, Andrew J ^b   Chan, Aubrey C ^a   Page, Antony P ^b   Jorgensen, Erik M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astacin; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cuticle; Metalloprotease; Molting

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN NAS 37; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; LARVAL STAGE; MOLTING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLLAGEN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HAEMONCHUS; METALLOPROTEASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLTING; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HAEMONCHUS; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 12344305643     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01454     Document Type: Article

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