CHR3: A Caenorhabditis elegans orphan nuclear hormone receptor required for proper epidermal development and molting

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1617-1626

  Kostrouchova, Marta ^a   Krause, Michael ^a   Kostrouch, Zdenek ^a   Rall, Joseph Edward ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; CHR3; Epidermis; Hormone response element; Molting; Nuclear hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; DNA; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HORMONE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; MOLTING; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPORTER GENE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, HELMINTH; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; LARVA; MOLTING; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, HELMINTH; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031832801     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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