Caenorhabditis elegans cog-1 locus encodes GTX/Nkx6.1 homeodomain proteins and regulates multiple aspects of reproductive system development

Developmental Biology

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 202-213

  Palmer, Robert E ^a   Inoue, Takao ^a   Sherwood, David R ^a   Jiang, Lily I ^a,b   Sternberg, Paul W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ATHERSYS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; GTX; Homeobox; Nkx6.1; Vulva development

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN COG 1; PROTEIN GTX; PROTEIN NKX6 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENITAL SYSTEM; GROWTH REGULATION; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036930697     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0850     Document Type: Article

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