An inversion in the wiring of an intercellular signal: Evolution of Wnt signaling in the nematode vulva

BioEssays

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 765-769

  Félix, Marie Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WNT PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VULVA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NEMATODA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULVA; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 24644524219     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20275     Document Type: Review

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