In vivo roles for Arp2/3 in cortical actin organization during C. elegans gastrulation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 122, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3983-3993

  Roh Johnson, Minna ^a   Goldstein, Bob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arp2 3; C. elegans; F actin; Gastrulation; Morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; F ACTIN; MYOSIN II;

ANIMAL CELL; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNALIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEM CELL;

ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 3; ACTINS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTRULATION; PROTEIN BINDING;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 70450231486     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.057562     Document Type: Article

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