MEX-3 interacting proteins link cell polarity to asymmetric gene expression in Caenorhabditis elegans

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 747-759

  Huang, Nancy N ^a   Mootz, Darcy E ^a   Walhout, Albertha J M ^a   Vidal, Marc ^a   Hunter, Craig P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Pattern formation; Polarity; RNA binding protein; Translational control

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MEX 3 INTERACTING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA TRANSLATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL POLARITY; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; OILS; PHENOLS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036339909     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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