The epidermal growth factor system in Caenorhabditis elegans

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 150-159

  Moghal, Nadeem ^a   Sternberg, Paul W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HISTONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NUCLEAR FACTOR; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ACETYLATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE CONTROL; HOMEOBOX; MYOEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0037429739     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4827(02)00097-6     Document Type: Review

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