The EFF-1A cytoplasmic domain influences hypodermal cell fusions in C. elegans but is not dependent on 14-3-3 proteins

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Shinn Thomas, Jessica H ^a,b   Del Campo, Jacob J ^a,c   Wang, Jianjun ^a,d   Mohler, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UTICA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PEPSICO INC   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFF 1A PROTEIN; PROTEIN 14 3 3; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AFF-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; EFF-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; FTT-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFF 1A GENE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

14-3-3 PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL FUSION; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 84958214275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146874     Document Type: Article

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