daf-28 encodes a C. elegans insulin superfamily member that is regulated by environmental cues and acts in the DAF-2 signaling pathway

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 844-858

  Li, Weiqing ^a   Kennedy, Scott G ^a   Ruvkun, Gary ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Dauer; Furin; Insulin signaling; Pheromone; TGF signaling

Indexed keywords

GUANYLATE CYCLASE; INSULIN; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN DAF 11; PROTEIN DAF 2; PROTEIN DAF 28; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DOWN REGULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA PRIMERS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0037380570     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1066503     Document Type: Article

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