Pha-4 is Ce-fkh-1, a fork head/HNF-3α,β,γ homolog that functions in organogenesis of the C. Elegans pharynx

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2171-2180

  Kalb, John M ^a   Lau, Karen K ^a   Goszczynski, B ^a   Fukushige, Tetsunari ^a   Moons, David ^b   Okkema, Peter G ^b   McGhee, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Ce fkh 1; Organ identity factor; Organogenesis; pha 4; Pharynx; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; INTESTINE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BLASTOMERES; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINEAGE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOSINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHARYNX; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 0031818323     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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