The dance of the Hox genes: Patterning the anteroposterior body axis of Caenorhabditis elegans

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

Volumn 62, Issue , 1997, Pages 293-305

  Kenyon, C J ^a   Austin, J ^a   Costa, M ^a   Cowing, D W ^a   Harris, J M ^a   Honigberg, L ^a   Hunter, C P ^a   Maloof, J N ^a   Muller Immergluck M M ^a   Salser, S J ^a   Waring, D A ^a   Wang, B B ^a   Wrischnik, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; REGULATOR PROTEIN; LIN 39 PROTEIN; MAB 5 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUSION; CELL MIGRATION; ECTODERM; EPIDERMIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; HOX GENE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031433515     PISSN: 00917451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1997.062.01.036     Document Type: Conference Paper

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