An HMG1-like protein facilitates Wnt signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 877-889

  Jiang, Lily I ^a   Sternberg, Paul W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cell fate specification; HMG 1; TCF LEF; Wnt

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIA CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033119177     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.7.877     Document Type: Article

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