C. elegans Brat homologs regulate PAR protein-dependent polarity and asymmetric cell division

Developmental Biology

Volumn 321, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 368-378

  Hyenne, Vincent ^a   Desrosiers, Marianne ^a   Labbé, Jean Claude ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; Caenorhabditis elegans; Embryonic polarity; PAR proteins

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN BRAT; PROTEIN FBF 1; PROTEIN FBF 2; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 3; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 6; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO POLARITY; FBF 1 GENE; FBF 2 GENE; GENE; LETHALITY; NCL 1 GENE; NHL 2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NOS 3 GENE; PAR 2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA TRANSLATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 51249093026     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.06.037     Document Type: Article

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