Cell-cell interactions. Receiving signals in the nematode embryo.

doi:10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00203-7

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Cell-cell interactions. Receiving signals in the nematode embryo.

Current biology : CB - 1 Oct 1994

Tax F E, Thomas J H

Abstract excerpt

Two molecules involved in an inductive cell-cell interaction in the C. elegans early embryo have been identified. The apx-1 gene seems to encode the ligand and glp-1 the receptor responsible for the induction.

Topics

Animals
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
Cell Communication
Genes, Helminth
Membrane Glycoproteins
Mutation
Receptors, Notch

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