Cec-1, a soma-specific chromobox-containing gene in C. elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 316-326

  Agostoni, E ^a   Albertson, D ^b,c   Wittmann, C ^a   Hill, F ^c   Tobler, H ^a   Muller F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030587606     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0221     Document Type: Article

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