Muscle and nerve-specific regulation of a novel NK-2 class homeodomain factor in Caenorhabditis elegans

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 421-429

  Harfe, Brian D ^a,b   Fire, Andrew ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis briggsae; Caenorhabditis elegans; ceh 24; Motor neuron; Muscle; NdE box; Nerve; NK 2 homeodomain; Pharyngeal muscle; Vulval muscle

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DIFFERENTIATION; EGG LAYING; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON; VULVA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HEAD; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; RHABDITIDAE;

EID: 0031939456     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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