Regulated nuclear entry of the C. elegans Pax-6 transcription factor

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 179-187

  Zhang, Yinhua ^a,d   Ferreira, Henrique B ^a,e   Greenstein, David ^b   Chisholm, Andrew ^c   Emmons, Scott W ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Homeodomain protein; mab 18; Pax 6; vab 3

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEEDBACK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031698274     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00171-3     Document Type: Article

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