Cell-cell interactions. Receiving signals in the nematode embryo.
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.
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Department of Horticulture, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706-1590.
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D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics; D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; D002450:Cell Communication; D017238:Genes, Helminth; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000502:physiology*; D009154:Mutation; D051880:Receptors, Notch
D029742:Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; C060620:Glp-1 protein, C elegans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D051880:Receptors, Notch