Cell polarity and asymmetric cell division: The C. elegans early embryo

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Noatynska, Anna ^a   Gotta, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOSIS SPINDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ASYMMETRIC CELL DIVISION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84871843234     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BSE0530001     Document Type: Article

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