cis Regulatory requirements for hypodermal cell-specific expression of the Caenorhabditis elegans cuticle collagen gene dpy-7

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 2301-2311

  Gilleard, John S ^a   Barry, J David ^a   Johnstone, Iain L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CUTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS;

EID: 0030934415     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.4.2301     Document Type: Article

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