Laminin is required to orient epithelial polarity in the C. elegans pharynx

Development

Volumn 139, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2050-2060

  Rasmussen, Jeffrey P ^a,b,c   Reddy, Sowmya Somashekar ^a,b   Priess, James R ^a,b,c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial polarity; Laminin; Mesenchymal to epithelial transition; Morphogenesis; Tubulogenesis

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; LAMININ; MYOSIN; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PHA4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CENTROSOME; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; LAMININ; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHARYNX;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84860708796     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.078360     Document Type: Article

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