Structure, function, and expression of SEL-1, a negative regulator of LIN-12 and GLP-1 in C. elegans

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 637-644

  Grant, Barth ^a   Greenwald, Iva ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Degradation; LIN 12; Notch; SEL 1

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS;

FUNGI;

EID: 0031042083     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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