The C. elegans homolog of Drosophila lethal giant larvae functions redundantly with PAR-2 to maintain polarity in the early embryo

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 3995-4004

  Beatty, Alexander ^a   Morton, Diane ^a   Kemphues, Kenneth ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; Caenorhabditis elegans; PAR proteins; Polarity

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN II; PDZ PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 3; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 6; RING FINGER PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO POLARITY; FINGER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LARVA; MAMMAL; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; MUTATION; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 78649890169     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.056028     Document Type: Article

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