Analysis of Wnt signaling during Caenorhabditis elegans postembryonic development

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 469, Issue , 2008, Pages 87-102

  Hoffelen, Samantha Van ^a   Herman, Michael A ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cell fate specification; Cell lineage; Cell migration; Cell polarity; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 59249102549     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-469-2_8     Document Type: Review

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