A fork head/HNF-3 homolog expressed in the pharynx and intestine of the Caenorhabditis elegans embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 289-303

  Azzaria, Marie ^a   Goszczynski, Barbara ^a   Chung, May A ^a   Kalb, John M ^a   McGhee, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030587623     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0219     Document Type: Article

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