Asymmetry of Early Endosome Distribution in C. elegans Embryos

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Andrews, Robert ^a   Ahringer, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; CYTOLOGY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOME; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOSOMES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL;

EID: 34548298779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000493     Document Type: Article

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