end-1 Encodes an apparent GATA factor that specifies the endoderm precursor in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2883-2896

  Zhu, Jiangwen ^a,b   Hill, Russell J ^c   Heid, Paul J ^a   Fukuyama, Masamitsu ^a,b   Sugimoto, Asako ^a,e   Priess, James R ^c,d   Rothman, Joel H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

C. elegans development; Deficiencies; Endoderm; GATA transcription factor; Germ layer; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INDUCTION;

EID: 0030815265     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.21.2883     Document Type: Article

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