Grandparental stem cells in leech segmentation: Differences in CDC42 expression are correlated with an alternating pattern of blast cell fates

Developmental Biology

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-121

  Zhang, Shaobing O ^a   Kuo, Dian Han ^a   Weisblat, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; cdc42; Cell polarity; Grandparental stem cell; Leech; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MOLECULAR MARKER; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RAC2 PROTEIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER CELL; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; GRANDPARENTAL STEM CELL; HELOBDELLA; LEECH; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; HELOBDELLA; HELOBDELLA ROBUSTA; HIRUDINIDA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 70449119941     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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