Integrity of Narrow Epithelial Tubes in the C. elegans Excretory System Requires a Transient Luminal Matrix

Hasreet K. Gill; Jennifer D. Cohen; Jesus Ayala-Figueroa; Rachel Forman-Rubinsky; Corey Poggioli; Kevin Bickard; Jean M. Parry; Pu Pu; David H. Hall; Meera V. Sundaram

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1006205

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Integrity of Narrow Epithelial Tubes in the C. elegans Excretory System Requires a Transient Luminal Matrix

Hasreet K. Gill ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hasreet K. Gill, Jennifer D. Cohen

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Jennifer D. Cohen ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Hasreet K. Gill, Jennifer D. Cohen

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Jesus Ayala-Figueroa,

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Rachel Forman-Rubinsky,

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1853-9456

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Corey Poggioli,

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9589-6297

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Kevin Bickard,

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4523-7648

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Jean M. Parry,

Affiliations Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biology, Georgian Court University, Lakewood, New Jersey, United States of America
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Pu Pu,

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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David H. Hall,

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America
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Meera V. Sundaram

* E-mail: sundaram@mail.med.upenn.edu

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2940-8750

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Integrity of Narrow Epithelial Tubes in the C. elegans Excretory System Requires a Transient Luminal Matrix

Hasreet K. Gill,
Jennifer D. Cohen,
Jesus Ayala-Figueroa,
Rachel Forman-Rubinsky,
Corey Poggioli,
Kevin Bickard,
Jean M. Parry,
Pu Pu,
David H. Hall,
Meera V. Sundaram

Published: August 2, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006205

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