A posterior centre establishes and maintains polarity of the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo by a Wnt-dependent relay mechanism.
Cellular polarity is a general feature of animal development. However, the mechanisms that establish and maintain polarity in a field of cells or even in the whole embryo remain elusive. Here we provide evidence that in the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo, the descendants of P1, the posterior blastome...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS Biology |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1637133?pdf=render |