Muscle-epidermis interactions affect exoskeleton patterning in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3129-3136

  Broday, Limor ^a   Hauser, Craig A ^b   Kolotuev, Irina ^c   Ronai, Ze'ev ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Annuli; C. elegans; Cuticle; Hypodermis; Muscle dense bodies; UNC 52; UNC 95; UNC 97

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2; S PHASE KINASE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CUTICLE; DNA MICROARRAY; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUSCLES; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 36448970055     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21341     Document Type: Article

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