Conservation and diversification of Wnt signaling function during the evolution of nematode vulva development

Nature Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 300-304

  Zheng, Min ^a   Messerschmidt, Daniel ^a   Jungblut, Benno ^a,b   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULVA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULVA; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 15044358736     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1512     Document Type: Article

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