The Caenorhabditis elegans gene sem-4 controls neuronal and mesodermal cell development and encodes a zinc finger protein

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1953-1965

  Basson, Michael ^a   Horvitz, H Robert ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; mesodermal development; neuronal development; zinc finger

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0029786398     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.15.1953     Document Type: Article

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