sem-4/spalt and egl-17/FGF have a conserved role in sex myoblast specification and migration in P. pacificus and C. elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 142-153

  Photos, Andreas ^a   Gutierrez, Arturo ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; egl 17 FGF; Pristionchus pacificus; sem 4; Sex muscles

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN EGL 17; PROTEIN SEM 4; PROTEIN SPALT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; MYOBLAST; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STEM CELL; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 33646055188     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.01.034     Document Type: Article

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