Hox gene expression in a single Caenorhabditis elegans cell is regulated by a caudal homolog and intercellular signals that inhibit Wnt signaling

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 805-814

  Hunter, Craig P ^a,b   Harris, Jeanne M ^a   Maloof, Julin N ^a   Kenyon, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Hox gene; mab 5; pal 1; Wnt pathway

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CUTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GLYCOPROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032969803     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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