Cell architecture: Surrounding muscle cells shape gland cell morphology in the Caenorhabditis elegans pharynx

Genetics

Volumn 189, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 885-897

  Raharjo, Wahyu Hendrati ^a   Ghai, Vikas ^a,b   Dineen, Aidan ^a,c   Bastiani, Michael ^d   Gaudet, Jeb ^a,b  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTRIN; SPECTRIN BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GENE; GENETIC SCREENING; HYPERTROPHY; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE CELL; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLE; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMA 1 GENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERTROPHY; LASERS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CELLS; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 81255176727     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.111.132449     Document Type: Article

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