Caenorhabditis elegans Twist plays an essential role in non-striated muscle development

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2041-2051

  Corsi, Ann K ^a   Kostas, Stephen A ^b,c   Fire, Andrew ^b   Krause, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BHLH; C. elegans; CeTwist; Enteric muscles; hlh 8; Mesoderm; Sex muscles

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MYOSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONSTIPATION; DELETION MUTANT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUTAGENESIS; OVIPOSITION; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034122234     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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