TGFβ-related pathways: Roles in Caenorhabditis elegans development

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-33

  Patterson, Garth I ^a   Padgett, Richard W ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARRIER PROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0033985464     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01916-2     Document Type: Review

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