The first family of cell-cell fusion

被引：8
作者：
White, Judith M. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Virginia, Sch Med, Dept Cell Biol, Charlottesville, VA 22908 USA
来源：
DEVELOPMENTAL CELL | 2007年 / 12卷 / 05期
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D O I：
10.1016/j.devcel.2007.04.009
中图分类号：
Q2 [细胞生物学];
学科分类号：
071009 ; 090102 ;
摘要：
Our understanding of the developmentally critical process of cell-cell fusion has been greatly advanced by the identification of the first family of cell-cell fusion proteins. Together, the two founding members of the FF family execute the majority of cell-cell fusion events in C. elegans.
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页码：667 / 668
页数：2
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