A C. Elegans Hox gene switches on, off, on and off again to regulate proliferation, differentiation and morphogenesis

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1651-1661

  Salser, Stephen J ^a   Kenyon, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior patterning; Caenorhabditis elegans; Hox gene; Mab 5

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0029895363     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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