Asymmetric cortical and nuclear localizations of WRM-1/β-catenin during asymmetric cell division in C. elegans

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1743-1748

  Takeshita, Hisako ^a   Sawa, Hitoshi ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; Asymmetric cell division; C. elegans; Cell polarity; Wnt; WRM 1

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; ISOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 23744516722     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1322805     Document Type: Article

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