C. elegans PVF-1 inhibits permissive UNC-40 signalling through CED-10 GTPase to position the male ray 1 sensillum

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 4020-4030

  Dalpe, Gratien ^a   Tarsitano, Marina ^b,d   Graziella Persico, M ^b   Zheng, Hong ^a   Culotti, Joseph ^a,c  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crosstalk; GTPase; PVF 1 VEGF; UNC 40 DCC

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NETRIN; PVF 1 PROTEIN; SEMAPHORIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DELETION MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSILLUM; TRANSGENE;

CROSSTALK; GTPASE; PVF-1/VEGF; UNC-40/DCC;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RAC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SENSILLA; TAIL;

EID: 84884264045     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.095190     Document Type: Article

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