Alternative olfactory neuron fates are specified by the LIM homeobox gene lim-4

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1794-1806

  Sagasti, Alvaro ^a   Hobert, Oliver ^b,c   Troemel, Emily R ^a   Ruvkun, Gary ^b   Bargmann, Cornelia I ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cell fate specification; LIM homeobox gene; Olfactory neuron

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033565556     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.14.1794     Document Type: Article

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