A BMP homolog acts as a dose-dependent regulator of body size and male tail patterning in Caenorhabditis elegans

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-250

  Suzuki, Yo ^a   Yandell, Mark D ^a,d   Roy, Peter J ^b   Krishna, Srikant ^c   Savage Dunn, Cathy ^c,e   Ross, Robert M ^a   Padgett, Richard W ^c   Wood, William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size determination; Bone morphogenetic protein; Caenorhabditis elegans; Decapentaplegic; Male tail

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COPULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE DOSAGE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAIL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENITALIA; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TAIL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032933331     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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