Organ morphogenesis: A metalloprotease prepares the way

Authors
Moerman, DG
Citation
Dg. Moerman, Organ morphogenesis: A metalloprotease prepares the way, CURR BIOL, 9(18), 1999, pp. R701-R703
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Experimental Biology
Journal title
CURRENT BIOLOGY
ISSN journal
09609822 → ACNP
Volume
9
Issue
18
Year of publication
1999
Pages
R701 - R703
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(19990923)9:18<R701:OMAMPT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans gonad shape and size is determined b y the migration of a leader cell, which is at the tip of the growing gonad arm. A metalloprotease secreted by the leader cell has recently been found to play an essential role in this process, preparing the way ahead for the cell's migration.