pha-4, an HNF-3 homolog, specifies pharyngeal organ identity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1947-1952

  Horner, Michael A ^a   Quintin, Sophie ^b   Domeier, Mary Ellen ^a   Kimble, Judith ^c   Labouesse, Michel ^b   Mango, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Foregut development; Fork head; HNF 3; Organogenesis; Pha 4

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032128183     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.13.1947     Document Type: Article

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