The role of lin-22, a hairy/Enhancer of split homolog, in patterning the peripheral nervous system of C. elegans

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 2875-2888

  Wrischnik, Lisa A ^a,b   Kenyon, Cynthia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

A P patterning; C. elegans; E(spl); Hairy; Lin 22; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENE REPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HERMAPHRODITISM; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030863910     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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