The Caenorhabditis elegans gene ham-2 links Hox patterning to migration of the HSN motor neuron

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 472-483

  Baum, Paul D ^a   Guenther, Catherine ^a   Frank, C Andrew ^a   Pham, Binh V ^a   Garriga, Gian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

egl 5; ham 2; Hox; Neuronal migration; unc 86; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MIGRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033557487     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.4.472     Document Type: Article

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