The timing of lin-4 RNA accumulation controls the timing of postembryonic developmental events in Caenorhabditis elegans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-95

  Feinbaum, Rhonda ^a   Ambros, Victor ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Developmental timing; Heterochronic genes; LIN 14; Lin 4 RNA

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033153413     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9272     Document Type: Article

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