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The novel secreted factor MIG-18 acts with MIG-17/ADAMTS to control cell migration in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Genetics - 1 Feb 2014
Kim Hon-Song, Kitano Yuko, Mori Masataka, Takano Tomomi, Harbaugh Thomas Edward, Mizutani Kae, Yanagimoto Haruka, Miwa Sayaka, Ihara Shinji, Kubota Yukihiko, Shibata Yukimasa, Ikenishi Kohji, Garriga Gian, Nishiwaki Kiyoji
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The migration of Caenorhabditis elegans gonadal distal tip cells (DTCs) offers an excellent model to study the migration of epithelial tubes in organogenesis. mig-18 mutants cause meandering or wandering migration of DTCs during gonad formation, which is very similar to that observed in animals w...
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