A novel member of the Tob family of proteins controls sexual fate in Caenorhabditis elegans germ cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-90

  Chen, P J ^a   Singal, A ^a   Kimble, J ^b   Ellis, R E ^a  

^a University of Michigan   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

BTG1; BTG2; FOG 3; Germ line development; Sex determination; Tob

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM CELL; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033972414     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9521     Document Type: Article

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