Cis regulatory requirements for vulval cell-specific expression of the Caenorhabditis elegans fibroblast growth factor gene egl-17

Developmental Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 104-116

  Cui, Mingxue ^a   Han, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Enhancer; FGF; lin 1; lin 31; lin 39 hox genes; RAS signaling; Vulval development

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN EGL 17; PROTEIN LIN 1; PROTEIN LIN 31; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ASSAY; CELL MATURATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOX GENE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0037403529     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00033-2     Document Type: Article

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