Nuclear receptor NHR-25 is required for cell-shape dynamics during epidermal differentiation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 223-232

  Šilhánková, Marie ^a,b   Jindra, Marek ^a,c   Asahina, Masako ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell fate; Cell motility; Epidermis; NHR 25 FTZ F1; Nuclear receptor

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CADHERIN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NHR 25; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SHAPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ASSAY; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVAL STAGE; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNCYTIUM;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SHAPE; EPIDERMIS; GENES, HELMINTH; MOLTING; MUTATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 14144250155     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01609     Document Type: Article

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