Antagonism of LIN-17/frizzled and LIN-18/RyK in nematode vulva induction reveals evolutionary alterations in core developmental pathways

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Xiaoyue ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; PROTEIN LIN 17; PROTEIN LIN 18; PROTEIN RYK; PROTEIN SH3; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HELMINTH PROTEIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULVA INDUCTION; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; PRISTIONCHUS; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEMATODA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULVA; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 79960895900     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001110     Document Type: Article

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