α spectrin is essential for morphogenesis and body wall muscle formation in Caenorhabditis elegans
Acommon feature of multicellular animals is the ubiquitous presence of the spectrin cytoskeleton. Although discovered over 30 yr ago, the function of spectrin in nonerythrocytes has remained elusive. We have found that the spc-1 gene encodes the only α spectrin gene in the Caenorhabditis elegans gen...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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The Rockefeller University Press
2002
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2173861/ |