Activation of the mec-3 promoter in two classes of stereotyped lineages in Caenorhabditis elegans

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 165-181

  Wang, Lili ^a,b   Way, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric cell division; Cell lineage; Cell polarity; Mec 3; Unc 86

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; GENE SEGREGATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0029973809     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-4773(96)00522-9     Document Type: Article

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