EFF-1 is sufficient to initiate and execute tissue-specific cell fusion in C. elegans

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1587-1591

  Shemer, Gidi ^a   Suissa, Meital ^a   Kolotuev, Irina ^a   Nguyen, Ken C Q ^b   Hall, David H ^b   Podbilewicz, Benjamin ^a,c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; EFF 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; EFF-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL FUSION; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE CELLS;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4644367201     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.07.059     Document Type: Article

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