The pie-1 and mex-1 genes and maternal control of blastomere identity in early C. elegans embryos.

doi:10.1016/0092-8674(92)90542-k

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The pie-1 and mex-1 genes and maternal control of blastomere identity in early C. elegans embryos.

Cell - 10 Jul 1992

Mello C C, Draper B W, Krause M, Weintraub H, Priess J R

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During C. elegans embryogenesis an 8-cell stage blastomere, called MS, undergoes a reproducible cleavage pattern, producing pharyngeal cells, body wall muscles, and cell deaths. We show here that maternal-effect mutations in the pie-1 and mex-1 genes cause additional 8-cell stage blastomeres to a...

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Animals
Blastomeres
Caenorhabditis
Muscles
Mutation
Ovum
Pharynx

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