The Hox gene lin-39 is required during C. elegans vulval induction to select the outcome of Ras signaling

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-190

  Maloof, Julin N ^a   Kenyon, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Hox genes; lin 39; Ras signaling; Vulval development

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VULVA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, RAS; HEAT; HERMAPHRODITISM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031884201     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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