Stage-specific accumulation of the terminal differentiation factor LIN-29 during Caenorhabditis elegans development

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2517-2527

  Bettinger, Jill C ^a   Lee, Kimberly ^a   Rougvie, Ann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Heterochronic; lin 29; Terminal differentiation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; RABBITS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS;

EID: 0029837712     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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