The thrombospondin repeat containing protein MIG-21 controls a left-right asymmetric Wnt signaling response in migrating C. elegans neuroblasts

Developmental Biology

Volumn 361, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 338-348

  Middelkoop, Teije C ^a   Williams, Lisa ^b   Yang, Pei Tzu ^a   Luchtenberg, Jeroen ^a   Betist, Marco C ^a   Ji, Ni ^c   Van Oudenaarden, Alexander ^c   Kenyon, Cynthia ^b   Korswagen, Hendrik C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cell migration; Cell polarity; Signal transduction; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MIG 21 PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNC 40 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84355161467     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.10.029     Document Type: Article

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