C. elegans PAR proteins function by mobilizing and stabilizing asymmetrically localized protein complexes

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 851-862

  Cheeks, Rebecca J ^a,c   Canman, Julie C ^a,c   Gabriel, Willow N ^a   Meyer, Nicole ^b   Strome, Susan ^b   Goldstein, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Jordan Hall ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; PAR 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PAR 3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PAR 5 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PAR 6 PROTEIN; PAR 6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PAR-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PAR-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PAR-5 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PAR-6 PROTEIN; PAR-6 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; PROTEIN; PROTEIN 14 3 3; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ELECTROKYMOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

14-3-3 PROTEINS; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FLUORESCENCE; KYMOGRAPHY; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEINS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 3042598129     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.05.022     Document Type: Article

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