MES-2, a maternal protein essential for viability of the germline in Caenorhabditis elegans, is homologous to a Drosophila Polycomb group protein

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2457-2467

  Holdeman, Richard ^a   Nehrt, Sarah ^a   Strome, Susan ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Maternal effect sterile; Polycomb group

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMATIN; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HERMAPHRODITISM; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031903190     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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