The Nkx5/HMX homeodomain protein MLS-2 is required for proper tube cell shape in the C. elegans excretory system

Developmental Biology

Volumn 366, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 298-307

  Abdus Saboor, Ishmail ^a   Stone, Craig E ^a   Murray, John I ^a   Sundaram, Meera V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cytoskeleton; Morphogenesis; Tubulogenesis

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN HMX; PROTEIN MLS 2; PROTEIN NKX5; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SHAPE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ECHINOIDEA; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 84861222913     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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