Functions of the novel RhoGAP proteins RGA-3 and RGA-4 in the germ line and in the early embryo of C. elegans

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 3495-3505

  Schmutz, Cornelia ^a   Stevens, Julia ^a   Spang, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acto myosin; C. elegans; Early embryo; Germ line; RhoGAP

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; MYOSIN; PROTEIN CDC42; RHO FACTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN 3; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN 4; RHO KINASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; ENZYME REGULATION; EPISTASIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; CELL POLARITY; CYTOKINESIS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GERM CELLS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 35448981969     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.000802     Document Type: Article

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