Mosaic analysis using a ncl-1 (+) extrachromosomal array reveals that lin-31 acts in the Pn.p cells during Caenorhabditis elegans vulval development

Genetics

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1181-1191

  Miller, Leilani M ^a,b,c   Waring, David A ^a,b,c   Kim, Stuart K ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VULVA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; MOSAICISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0029971049     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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