The terminal differentiation factor LIN-29 is required for proper vulval morphogenesis and egg laying in Caenorhabditis elegans

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 4333-4342

  Bettinger, Jill C ^a   Euling, Susan ^a   Rougvie, Ann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Heterochronic; lin 29; Vulva morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; DIFFERENTIATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; HOMOZYGOTE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VULVA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUSION; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; LARVA; MOSAICISM; MUTATION; OVIPOSITION; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UTERUS; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS;

EID: 0030696193     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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