egl-27 generates anteroposterior patterns of cell fusion in C. elegans by regulating Hox gene expression and Hox protein function

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 3303-3312

  Ch'ng, QueeLim ^a   Kenyon, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; egl 27; Hox genes; MTA1; NURD; Pattern formation; Post translational regulation; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL FUSION; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; HOMEOBOX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL FUSION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HERMAPHRODITISM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032819137     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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