Caenorhabditis elegans WASP and Ena/VASP proteins play compensatory roles in morphogenesis and neuronal cell migration

Genetics

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1165-1176

  Withee, Jim ^a   Galligan, Barbara ^a   Hawkins, Nancy ^a   Garriga, Gian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENA PROTEIN; F ACTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; SCAR PROTEIN; UNC34 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN; WASP PROTEIN; WAVE PROTEIN; WSP 1 PROTEIN; WVE 1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOKINESIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NEMATODE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NEURONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENA; METAZOA;

EID: 3843064603     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.103.025676     Document Type: Article

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