Genetic basis of cell-cell fusion mechanisms

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 427-437

  Aguilar, Pablo S ^a   Baylies, Mary K ^b   Fleissner, Andre ^c   Helming, Laura ^d   Inoue, Naokazu ^e   Podbilewicz, Benjamin ^f   Wang, Hongmei ^g   Wong, Melissa ^h  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE MONTEVIDEO   (Uruguay)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^g INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^h OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCHOR CELL FUSION FAILURE 1 PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CD9 ANTIGEN; EPITHELIAL FUSION FAILURE 1 PROTEIN; F PROTEIN; FUSOGEN; HYBRID PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUPERFAMILY TYPE 1 TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHEROMONE REGULATED MULTISPANNING MEMBRANE PROTEIN 1; SYNCYTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CELL FUSION; CELL FUSION; CELL MATURATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CYTOGENETICS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MYOBLAST; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCLAST; PLACENTA; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTIST; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICE; MYOBLASTS; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PLACENTA; PLANTS; PREGNANCY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84879601763     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2013.01.011     Document Type: Review

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