Vulva morphogenesis involves attraction of plexin 1-expressing primordial vulva cells to semaphorin 1a sequentially expressed at the vulva midline.

doi:10.1242/dev.01694

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Vulva morphogenesis involves attraction of plexin 1-expressing primordial vulva cells to semaphorin 1a sequentially expressed at the vulva midline.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Mar 2005

Dalpé Gratien, Brown Louise, Culotti Joseph G

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Vulva development in C. elegans involves cell fate specification followed by a morphogenesis phase in which homologous mirror image pairs within a linear array of primordial vulva cells form a crescent shape as they move sequentially towards a midline position within the array. The homologous pai...

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Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
Female
Mutation
Nerve Tissue Proteins
Receptors, Cell Surface
Semaphorins
Vulva
ras Proteins

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