The WAVE/SCAR complex promotes polarized cell movements and actin enrichment in epithelia during C. elegans embryogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 297-309

  Patel, Falshruti B ^a   Bernadskaya, Yelena Y ^a   Chen, Esteban ^a   Jobanputra, Aesha ^a   Pooladi, Zahra ^a   Freeman, Kristy L ^b   Gally, Christelle ^c   Mohler, William A ^b   Soto, Martha C ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Actin nucleation; Cell migration; Epithelial polarity; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; RAC PROTEIN; RAC1 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAVE SCAR COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 56449091763     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.09.023     Document Type: Article

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