The first family of cell-cell fusion.

Developmental cell ·Vol. 12 ·No. 5 ·2007-05-00 ·Pages 667-8

White JM

Abstract

Our understanding of the developmentally critical process of cell-cell fusion has been greatly advanced by the identification of the first family of cell-cell fusion proteins. Together, the two founding members of the FF family execute the majority of cell-cell fusion events in C. elegans.

MeSH Terms

Animals Caenorhabditis elegans/cytology Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/chemistry,metabolism Cell Fusion

Chemicals

Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins

Authors & Affiliations

1 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

White Judith M

University of Virginia School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, P.O. Box 800732, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.

Article Info

Journal

Developmental cell

Abbr.

Dev Cell

ISSN

1534-5807

DOI

10.1016/j.devcel.2007.04.009

Published

2007-05-00

Pages

667-8

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

101120028

Subset

Corrections

CommentOn

PMID: 17488621

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2007.04.009 View journal details

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