The ortholog of human ataxin-2 is essential for early embryonic patterning in C. elegans

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 231-241

  Kiehl, Tim Rasmus ^a   Shibata, Hiroki ^a,b   Pulst, Stefan M ^a,c  

^a BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ataxin 2; Atx 2; C. elegans; Embryonic development; Fox 1; Ortholog; SCA2

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 2; ATAXIN 2 BINDING PROTEIN 1; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POLYGLUTAMINE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEINS; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; ATAXIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034457113     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:15:3:231     Document Type: Article

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