A Caenorhabditis elegans homeobox gene expressed in the male tail, a link between pattern formation and sexual dimorphism?

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-62

  Kagoshima, Hiroshi ^a   Cassata, Giuseppe ^a   Bürglin, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ceh 7; egl 5; Homeobox gene; Hox cluster; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); TAIL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032932449     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050227     Document Type: Article

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