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The Caenorhabditis elegans heterochronic gene lin-29 coordinates the vulval-uterine-epidermal connections.
Current biology : CB - 30 Nov 2000
Newman A P, Inoue T, Wang M, Sternberg P W
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BACKGROUND: The development of a connection between the uterus and the vulva in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans requires specification of a uterine cell called the utse, and its attachment to the vulva and the epidermal seam cells. The uterine pi cells generate the utse and uv1 cells, which also connect the uterus to the vulva. The uterine anchor cell (AC) induces the vulva through LIN-3/epidermal growth...
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