Hierarchical assembly of the eggshell and permeability barrier in C. Elegans

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 731-748

  Olson, Sara K ^a,d   Greenan, Garrett ^b   Desai, Arshad ^a   Müller Reichert, Thomas ^c   Oegema, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; CHITIN SYNTHASE; FATTY ACID; MEMBRANE ENZYME; PROTEIN DGTR1; PROTEIN PERM 1; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EGG SHELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXOCYTOSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITELLINE MEMBRANE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; EGG PROTEINS; FERTILIZATION; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; OOCYTES; ZYGOTE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84866403688     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201206008     Document Type: Article

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