Cathepsin L protease (CPL-1) is essential for yolk processing during embryogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 117, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 5133-5143

  Britton, Collette ^a   Murray, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cathepsin L protease; Embryogenesis; Endocytosis; Yolk protein

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN L; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; YOLK PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LYSOSOME; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; THROMBOCYTOPOIESIS; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CATHEPSINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOCYTOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LYSOSOMES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; TIME FACTORS; XENOPUS; YOLK SAC;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 8744307040     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.01387     Document Type: Article

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