Complex network of Wnt signaling regulates neuronal migrations during Caenorhabditis elegans development

Genetics

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1357-1371

  Zinovyeva, Anna Y ^a,d   Yamamoto, Yuko ^b,c   Sawa, Hitoshi ^b,c   Forrester, Wayne C ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAM 1 PROTEIN; CWN 1 PROTEIN; CWN 2 PROTEIN; EGL 20 PROTEIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; LIN 18 PROTEIN; RYK FAMILY RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT GENE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL MOTION; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; NEURONS; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 52049105141     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.090290     Document Type: Article

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