title: Understanding cell migration guidance: lessons from sex myoblast migration in C. elegans.
abstract: Studies of sex myoblast (SM) migration in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans have shown that multiple guidance mechanisms cooperate to ensure the accurate and reproducible targeting of the SMs. Many issues arise in the analysis of SM migration, including the action of multiple guidance mechanisms, redundant sources of guidance information, the multiple uses of molecular components, and whether factors affect cell fate determination events or the guidance mechanisms themselves. These issues are common to many cell migration events and make the analysis of SM migration instructive to our general understanding of how cell migrations are controlled.
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular Medicine, Emory University, Decatur, GA 30322, USA. echen@gmm.gen.emory.edu
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Stern
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000502:physiology; D006066:Gonads / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D024510:Muscle Development; D009132:Muscles / Q000166:cytology; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors