elt-1, a gene encoding a Caenorhabditis elegans GATA transcription factor, is highly expressed in the germ lines with msp genes as the potential targets

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 535-541

  Shim, Yhong Hee ^a  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C. Elegans; GATA transcription factor; Transactivation; Yeast transformation

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ELT 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ELT-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; HELMINTH PROTEIN; HELMINTH RNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GATA TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GERM CELLS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, HELMINTH; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0033621204     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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