Systematic genetic interaction screens uncover cell polarity regulators and functional redundancy

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 103-112

  Fievet, Bruno Thomas ^a   Rodriguez, Josana ^a   Naganathan, Sundar ^b   Lee, Christine ^a   Zeiser, Eva ^a   Ishidate, Takao ^c   Shirayama, Masaki ^c   Grill, Stephan ^b,d   Ahringer, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 1; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 4; RNA;

ACTIN 2 GENE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; G PROTEIN ALPHA 16 GENE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; LET 502 GENE; LET 99 GENE; LIN 5 GENE; MEL 11 GENE; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTANT; NON MUSCLE MYOSIN 2 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN KINASE C GENE; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 1 GENE; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2 GENE; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 4 GENE; RECEPTOR GENE; RIC 8 GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINDLE POLE BODY; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TUBULIN BETA GENE; ZYG 9 GENE;

ACTOMYOSIN; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, LETHAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; PROTEIN KINASES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 84871720224     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: 14764679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb2639     Document Type: Article

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