Limitation of the size of the vulval primordium of Caenorhabditis elegans by lin-15 expression in surrounding hypodermis

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Summary

It is demonstrated here that lin-15(+) expression is necessary in cells other than the vulval precursor cells or the anchor cell, most probably in the hyp7 syncytium, and proposed that lin+ is active in hyp7 in order to repress an intrinsic vulval program in the precursor cells.

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Published
1990-11-08
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Keywords

Syncytium, Precursor cell, Primordium, Caenorhabditis elegans, Cell biology

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