Neuroblast migration along the anteroposterior axis of C. elegans is controlled by opposing gradients of Wnts and a secreted Frizzled-related protein

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2915-2924

  Harterink, Martin ^a   Kim, Dong Hyun ^b   Middelkoop, Teije C ^a   Doan, Thang Dinh ^a,c   van Oudenaarden, Alexander ^a,b   Korswagen, Hendrik C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Neuroblast migration; Secreted Frizzled related protein; Wnt

Indexed keywords

SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 1; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MOVEMENT; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; PLASMIDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959419813     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.064733     Document Type: Article

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