Three novel T-box genes in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genome

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 458-464

  Agulnik, Sergei I ^a   Ruvinsky, Ilya ^a   Silver, Lee M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyury; Evolution; T box genes; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; VERMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031200901     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g97-061     Document Type: Article

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