Article
Selective silencing of cell communication influences anteroposterior pattern formation in C. elegans.
Cell - 12 Jan 1990
Waring D A, Kenyon C
Abstract excerpt
In C. elegans males, laterally located V cells generate a simple pattern of anterior alae (cuticular ridges) and posterior rays (mating sensilla). We have found that this pattern is generated, at least in part, by the selective interruption of cell-cell interactions. In anterior V cells, lineages leading to the production of alae are induced by cell interactions. These cell interactions are inhibited in specific...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis
- Cell Communication
- Cell Division
- Female
- Lasers
- Male
- Mutation