Src and Wnt signaling regulate dynactin accumulation to the P2-EMS cell border in C. elegans embryos

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-161

  Zhang, Haining ^a   Skop, Ahna R ^a   White, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynactin; Enrichment; P2 EMS border; Src and Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

DYNACTIN; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SRC HOMOLOGY DOMAIN;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MESODERM; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SRC-FAMILY KINASES; WNT PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 38949140179     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.015966     Document Type: Article

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