Heterochronic genes control cell cycle progress and developmental competence of C. elegans vulva precursor cells

Cell

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 667-676

  Euling, Susan ^a,b   Ambros, Victor ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYDROXYUREA;

ANIMAL CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; DNA CONTENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0029866457     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81045-4     Document Type: Article

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