M142.2 (cut-6), a novel Caenorhabditis elegans matrix gene important for dauer body shape

Developmental Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 339-351

  Muriel, Joaquin M ^a   Brannan, Mike ^b   Taylor, Kathryn ^b   Johnstone, Iain L ^c   Lithgow, Gordon J ^d   Tuckwell, Danny ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d BUCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON AGING   (United States)

^e F2G LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Cuticle; Dauer; Extracellular matrix; VWFA domain; ZP domain

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUT 6 GENE; CUTICLE; DEVELOPMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PURIFICATION; SKIN CELL;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0041560928     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00237-9     Document Type: Article

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