Different isoforms of the C. elegans FGF receptor are required for attraction and repulsion of the migrating sex myoblasts

Developmental Biology

Volumn 318, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 268-275

  Lo, Te Wen ^a   Branda, Catherine S ^a   Huang, Peng ^a   Sasson, Isaac E ^a   Goodman, S Jay ^a   Stern, Michael J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Chemoattraction; EGL 15; FGF receptor; Sex myoblast

Indexed keywords

EGL 15 PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; SEX PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 44349171673     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.03.026     Document Type: Article

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