High sensitivity of C. elegans vulval precursor cells to the dose of posterior Wnts

Developmental Biology

Volumn 357, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 428-438

  Pénigault, Jean Baptiste ^a   Félix, Marie Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

C. elegans vulva; Cell competence level; Haploinsufficiency; Hox; Wnt gradient

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN LIN 39; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL FUSION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CWN 1 GENE; EGL 20 GENE; GENE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; LARVAL STAGE; MAB 5 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; VULVAL STEM CELL; WNT GENE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 80052172792     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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