The TAO kinase KIN-18 regulates contractility and establishment of polarity in the C. elegans embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-38

  Spiga, Fabio M ^a,b,c   Prouteau, Manoel ^a   Gotta, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c EPFLIBI/STICLSE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; Cytoskeleton; Polarity; Ste20 kinase family

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE KIN 18; PROTEIN PAR; PROTEIN RHO 1; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE; KIN 18 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84870063718     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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