Interactions of EGF, Wnt and HOM-C genes specify the P12 neuroectoblast fate in C. elegans

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2337-2347

  Jiang, Lily I ^a   Sternberg, Paul W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell fate specification; EGF; Gene interactions; HOM C; Wnt

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS CELL; HOMEOBOX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMIS; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GLYCOPROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031868411     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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