Structure and function analysis of LIN-14, a temporal regulator of postembryonic developmental events in Caenorhabditis elegans

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2285-2295

  Hong, Yang ^a,b   Lee, Rosalind C ^a   Ambros, Victor ^a  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFECTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033998028     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.6.2285-2295.2000     Document Type: Article

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