Polarity and cell fate specification in the control of caenorhabditis elegans gastrulation

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 789-796

  Rohrschneider, Monica R ^a   Nance, Jeremy ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical constriction; C. Elegans; Cell fate; Endoderm; Gastrulation; Ingression; Myosin; PAR 3; PAR 6; PKC 3; Polarity; WNT

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE 2; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 3; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 6; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SKN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; INTERNALIZATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; GASTRULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 63849188591     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21893     Document Type: Review

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