ELT-3: A Caenorhabditis elegans GATA factor expressed in the embryonic epidermis during morphogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-280

  Gilleard, John S ^a   Shafi, Yasmin ^b   Barry, J David ^b   McGhee, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis briggsae; Caenorhabditis elegans; elt 3; Epidermis; GATA factor; Hypodermis; Nematode

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; EVOLUTION; GENE STRUCTURE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HYPODERRIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033561174     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9202     Document Type: Article

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