Negative regulation of male development in Caenorhabditis elegans by a protein-protein interaction between TRA-2A and FEM-3

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1453-1463

  Mehra, Arun ^a,b   Gaudet, Jeb ^a   Heck, Linda ^a   Kuwabara, Patricia E ^c   Spence, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Genetics; Sex determination; Signal transduction; Two hybrid

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FEM 1; PROTEIN FEM 2; PROTEIN FEM 3; PROTEIN TRA 2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FEMINIZATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0033153068     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.11.1453     Document Type: Article

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