Control of Cell Polarity and Asymmetric Division in C. elegans

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 101, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-76

  Sawa, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymmetric division; C. elegans; PCP; Polarity; Wnt; catenin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868632643     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394592-1.00003-X     Document Type: Chapter

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