Identification of heterochronic mutants in Caenorhabditis elegans: Temporal misexpression of a collagen::green fluorescent protein fusion gene

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1335-1351

  Abrahante, Juan E ^a   Miller, Eric A ^a   Rougvie, Ann E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLLAGEN; CROSSES, GENETIC; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; GAMMA RAYS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, HELMINTH; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KINETICS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031874860     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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