Principles of PAR polarity in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 315-322

  Hoege, Carsten ^a   Hyman, Anthony A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTITIONING DEFECTIVE PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HUMANS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 84876795125     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3558     Document Type: Review

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