PAR-2, LGL-1 and the CDC-42 GAP CHIN-1 act in distinct pathways to maintain polarity in the C. elegans embryo

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2005-2014

  Beatty, Alexander ^a   Morton, Diane G ^a   Kemphues, Kenneth ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo; PAR genes; Polarity

Indexed keywords

CGEF 1 PROTEIN; CHIN 1 PROTEIN; LGL 1 PROTEIN; MYOSIN II; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 2; PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 3; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOPLASM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; MYOSINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84876001280     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.088310     Document Type: Article

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