Evolution of a system sensitive to stochastic noise: P3.p cell fate in Caenorhabditis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 357, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 419-427

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

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis vulva; Cell competence; Evolution; Variability; Wnts

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; HOX5 PROTEIN; PROTEIN CWN 1; PROTEIN EGL 20; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; LARVA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEM CELL;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 80052181678     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.05.675     Document Type: Article

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