Genetic regulation of entry into meiosis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1803-1813

  Kadyk, Lisa C ^a   Kimble, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell cycle; Germline; gld 1; gld 2; Meiosis; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC REGULATION; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MUTATION; OOCYTES; SPERMATOZOA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0031778453     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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