Dorsoventral patterning of the C. elegans postembryonic mesoderm requires both LIN-12/Notch and TGFβ signaling

Developmental Biology

Volumn 313, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 256-266

  Foehr, Marisa L ^a   Liu, Jun ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

APX 1; C. elegans; Dorsoventral polarity; DSL 1; LAG 2; LIN 12; Mesoderm; Notch; SMA 9; TGF

Indexed keywords

DBL 1 PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; SMA 9 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 37349005284     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.10.027     Document Type: Article

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