MEP-1 and a homolog of the NURD complex component Mi-2 act together to maintain germline-soma distinctions in C. elegans

Cell

Volumn 111, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 991-1002

  Unhavaithaya, Yingdee ^a   Shin, Tae Ho ^a,b   Miliaras, Nicholas ^a   Lee, Jungsoon ^b   Oyama, Tomoko ^b   Mello, Craig C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN LET 418; PROTEIN MEP 1; PROTEIN MI 2; PROTEIN PIE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL TYPE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0037184943     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(02)01202-3     Document Type: Article

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