The Caenorhabditis elegans NK-2 homeobox gene ceh-22 activates pharyngeal muscle gene expression in combination with pha-1 and is required for normal pharyngeal development

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 3965-3973

  Okkema, Peter G ^a,b   Ha, Eunju ^a   Haun, Christina ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Fire, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; ceh 22; Myogenesis; Pharynx

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030730265     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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