The Caenorhabditis elegans orphan nuclear hormone receptor gene nhr-2 functions in early embryonic development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 303-319

  Sluder, Ann E ^a,b   Lindblom, Tim ^a   Ruvkun, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0031569877     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8544     Document Type: Article

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