The C. elegans cell death specification gene ces-1 encodes a Snail family zinc finger protein

Molecular Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 309-319

  Metzstein, Mark M ^a   Horvitz, H Robert ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; RICKETTSIA SP. PAR; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033197540     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80333-0     Document Type: Article

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