Dna2 requirement for normal reproduction of Caenorhabditis elegans is temperature-dependent

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-86

  Lee, Kyoung Hwa ^a,b   Lee, Myon Hee ^a   Lee, Tae Hoon ^c   Han, Ji Won ^a   Park, Yong Jin ^a   Ahnn, Joohong ^c   Seo, Yeon Soo ^d   Koo, Hyeon Sook ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^d Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dna2 Endonuclease Helicase; Embryonic Lethality; Expressional Localization; Replication

Indexed keywords

DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DNA2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; HELICASE; HELMINTH DNA; PHOTOPROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA2 GENE; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; LETHAL GENE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPORTER GENE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTICIPATION, GENETIC; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, HELMINTH; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, LETHAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037900132     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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