The expression of the C. elegans labial-like Hox gene ceh-13 during early embryogenesis relies on cell fate and on anteroposterior cell polarity

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 4193-4200

  Wittmann, Claudia ^a   Bosslnger, Olaf ^b   Goldstein, Bob ^c,d   Fleischmann, Martin ^a   Kohler, Reto ^a   Brunschwig, Karin ^a   Tobler, Heinz ^a   Müller, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Caenorhabditis elegans; Homeobox; Intestine; Polarity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL POLARITY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; INTESTINES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030660114     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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