An inductive interaction in 4-cell stage C. elegans embryos involves APX-1 expression in the signalling cell.

doi:10.1242/dev.122.6.1791

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An inductive interaction in 4-cell stage C. elegans embryos involves APX-1 expression in the signalling cell.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Jun 1996

Mickey K M, Mello C C, Montgomery M K, Fire A, Priess J R

Abstract excerpt

During the 4-cell stage of C. elegans embryogenesis, the P2 blastomere provides a signal that allows two initially equivalent sister blastomeres, called ABa and ABp, to adopt different fates. Preventing P2 signalling in wild-type embryos results in defects in ABp development that are similar to t...

Topics

Animals
Blastomeres
Caenorhabditis elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins
Embryonic Induction
Female
Male
Membrane Proteins
Mutation
RNA
Signal Transduction
Sodium Channels

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